Eurya nitida Korth.

 
  • Family : THEACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Pentaphylacaceae
  • Species : Eurya nitida
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Eurya nitida Korth.
  • Vernacular name : Hulumi (Kan.)
  • Collection Nos : KFP 5399, KFP 9703
  • Key identification features : A shrub or small tree. Leaves alternate, shortly periolate, elliptic to obovate, serrate, acute at apex, glabrous. Flowers white, dioecious, axillary fascicles; bracteoles persistent. Sepals 5, broadly ovate, persistent. Petals 5, obovate. Stamens in male flowers 10-15. Fruit a globose berry, 3-4 mm across, with persistent style base
  • Habit : Tree
  • Comments : Resembles tea plant. Common in forest of Western Ghats
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Chikamagalur, Hassan, Kodagu, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Saldanha, 1984; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara; Keshava Murthy & Yoganarasimhan, 1990 - Coorg

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