• Family : LAURACEAE
  (Laurel Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : LAURACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Litsea monopetala (Roxb.) Pers.
• Vernacular name : Bhunjada, Nara, Naramamidi, Chirumamidi (Telugu); Bastura, Baghoari, Kuliya, Burlo, Musonea (Oria); Maida, Patoia, Kakuri, Meda, Kalmara (Hindi)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Semi-Evergreen forests
• Comments / notes : Common in valleys, near streams at 1000 to 1200m
• Flower, Fruit : Throughout the year
• Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 27/02/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-E-319
• Collection Locality : Barbera forest, Khurda district (OD)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
  • Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalhandi district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Puri district, Sundergarh district, Angul district, Bargarh district, Khurda district
• World Distribution : India, foothills of Himalayas, Myanmar, Java, China
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Sudhakar Reddy, C et al., 2009. Tree Wealth of Eastern Ghats of Andhra Pradesh, India; Naidu, M.T. & O.A. Kumar 2015. Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of Northern Andhra Pradesh, India. JoTT 7 (8): 7443-7459.
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Litsea monopetala. Downloaded on 14 November 2024.

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