Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. laurina (Retz.) Noot.

 
  • Family : SYMPLOCACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Symplocaceae
  • Species : Symplocos cochinchinensis
  • Subspecies : laurina
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Symplocos cochinchinensis var. laurina (Retz.) Noot.
  • Common name : Chunga
  • Vernacular name : Lodrah (San.); Bholiya (Hin.); Changa (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 914, KFP 12696
  • Key identification features : A small tree. Leaves elliptic or lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, coriaceous, yellow when dry. Spikes axillary, usually branched from base. Flowers white. Drupe 7 mm across, ampulliform, ribbed
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments : Fluted seeds are strung and used as necklases for children. Occasional in forests of Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Chikamagalur, Dakshina Kannada, Hassan, Kodagu, Mysore, Shimoga, Uttara Kannada, Udupi
  • Floras referred : Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 - Hassan; Saldanha, 1984; Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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