Semecarpus kathalekanensis Dasappa & Swam.

 
  • Family : ANACARDIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Anacardiaceae
  • Species : Semecarpus kathalekanensis
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Semecarpus kathalekanensis Dasappa & Swam.
  • Endemism : Western Ghats (Karnataka, Shimoga region)
  • Key identification features : Tall trees with smooth, grey-brown, lenticelled bark; Branchlets glabrous, exudating acrid watery latex when cut; Leaves simple with alternate-spiral phyllotaxy; Flowers unisexual, greenish in axillary panicles; Fruit is a oblique kidney shaped, compressed drupe bearing one seed.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Native : India
  • Comments : The bark, leaves and berries are aromatic when crushed.
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Uttara Kannada
  • Floras referred : Indian Forester 126: 78 2000.

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  • Siddarth Machado 2017-01-10 12:44:23

    The last four images do not seem to be S. kathlekanensis. The leaf arrangement must be spiral (not distichous). Also leaf will not be so glaucous and petioles are not canaliculate. The last four images seem to be Myristica.
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