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Litsea stocksii var. stocksii
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea stocksii (Meisner) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 176. 1886, var. stocksii; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1236(865). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 237. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 406. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 395. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 352. 1998.
Tetranthera oblonga Nees var. stocksii Meisner in DC., Prodr. 15: 205. 1864.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Varikkeera
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Medium trees; branchlets glabrous. Leaves to 15 x 5 cm, elliptic to obovate, acute, reddish beneath, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Racemes 6 cm long. Umbellules few, peduncled; bracts orbicular, puberulus. Flowers pedicelled, 6-8 in an umbellule. Fruiting calyx 12 mm across, entire or crenate. Drupes 12 x 8 mm, obovoid, reddish brown, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Arjunankotta, Nelluyampathy forests, Valiyaparathode, Chemungi
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