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Litsea wightiana var. wightiana
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Litsea wightiana (Nees) Hook. f. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3: 162. 1880,p.p, var. wightiana; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1238(866). 1925; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 347. 1989; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 270. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 271. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 572. 2002.
Cylicodaphne wightiana Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 68. 1831.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pattuthali, Manjakudala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large trees. Leaves simple, alternate, to 11 x 4 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acute, cuneate at base, coriaceous, reddish brown beneath, tomentose, later becomes glabrous; nerves ca. 8 pairs, transverse nervules faint, margins thick; petiole to 2 cm. Racemes axillary, to 7 cm; umbellules 8 mm across, globose, ferrugineus, tomentose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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:
1000-1300
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Localities:
Pothumala, Karimalagopuram, Karimala, Nemakad, Athirumala
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