• Family : LAURACEAE
  (LAUREL FAMILY)
• Family (as per The Plant List) : Lauraceae
• Species : Neolitsea scrobiculata
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Unresolved
• Vernacular name : Veganaa (Tam.)
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0646
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh R., K.R.K.Swamy, Navendu Page & K.Sankara Rao
• Collection Date : 24/03/16
• Collection Locality : Kolli Hills Ghat road, Namakkal district, Tamil Nadu State
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• Habitat : Evergreen forest
• Key identification features : Densely foliaceous evergreeen shola shrub to small tree, with dense crown. Leaves dark green above, glaucous below. Flowers preceded by terminal cones. A black exudate often seen on the fruits.
• Habit : Tree
• Flower, Fruit : March-July
• Native : India
• Comments : Often on hills above 1000 m in sholas and other evergreen forests.
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Distribution Locality : Kolli Hills (Namakkal district), Shevaroy Hills (Salem district) (Tamil Nadu State)
• World Distribution : India
• Literature : Parthsarathy, N & Pragasan , A L 2009. Check List 5(3):542-569; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983.
• 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=Neolitsea scrobiculata. Downloaded on 29 June 2024.

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