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Neolitsea cassia
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm., J. Sci. Res.(Jakarta) 1: 85. 1952; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 348. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 397. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 396. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 312. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 383. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 352. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 270. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 271. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 573. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 703. 2009.
Laurus cassia L., Sp. Pl. 369. 1753.
Neolitsea zeylanica (Nees) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. Suppl. 1: 57. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1239(867). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 406. 1990.
Litsea zeylanica Nees, Amoen. Bot. Benn. Fasc. 1: 58. t.5. 1823; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 178. 1886.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Keezhambazham, Pravari, Venkana, Vellakodala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 18, bark 8-10 mm thick, grey, rough, brittle. Leaves simple, alternate, opposite or in whorls, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, apex acute, base acute or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous above and glaucous beneath, reticulation areolate, coriaceous; 3-ribbed near the base, faint; lateral nerves 1-4 pairs, pinnate, very faint; intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-green, densely seriaceous, in sessile umbels on extremely short branchlets at internodes; bracts 5 mm long, orbicular, concave, seriaceous, rather thin. Tepals 4, 2-3 mm long, narrowly ovate or oblong, acute. Stamens 6, in 3 rows; those of 2 outer rows eglandular, those of the inner row biglandular opposite the first row; filaments 4-5 mm long, greenish-yellow, thread-like, glabrous; anthers 0.5 mm long, introrse. Ovary half inferior, ovoid; style long; stigma large peltate; staminodes 6, in 3 rows. Fruit a drupe 10-12 mm across, globose, seated on disc like, crenate perianth cup of 5 mm diameter; pedicel slender.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Yellow, Green
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1400
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Localities:
Sholayar, Olikkudy, Sunderamala, Vellimala, Kariamchola, Pooppara, Devicolam, Brahmagiri, Teerthundamala, Silent Valley R. F., Ponmudi, Chemungi, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Pongalapara, Bonaccord, Athirumala
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