• Family : LAURACEAE
  (LAUREL FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lauraceae
• Species : Litsea deccanensis
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Litsea deccanensis Gamble
• Vernacular name : Kattupila, Aenaavamaram (Tam.); Nara mamidi (Tel.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-30; HJCB-0029
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., A.N.Sringeswara & Imran Baig; K.R.K.Swamy & Arun Singh R.
• Collection Date : 08/04/14; 12/09/14
• Collection Locality : Amirthi R.F., Vellore district, Tamil Nadu State; Pudunur Forest, Javadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district, Tamil Nadu State
• Habitat : Dry evergreen forest
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : September-May
• Comments : Occasional on hills above 800 m, abundant in shola floor, borders etc.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : M.M Hills, B.R.Hills (Chamarajnagar district) (Karnataka State); Tamil Nadu State; West Godavari district, Visakhapatnam district, Srikakulam district, Kadapa district, Chittoor district (Andhra Pradesh State)
• World Distribution : India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
• Literature : R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District ; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar (2015). Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa 7(8): 7443-7459
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Arun Singh R., Deepak Kumar, Raja K Swamy and Navendu Page (2016). Digital Flora of Eastern Ghats. http://easternghats.ces.iisc.ernet.in/plants.php?name=Litsea deccanensis. Downloaded on 2 April 2025.

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