• 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) : Unresolved name
• Vernacular name : Chudala, Mulakunari (Malayalam)
• Habit : Tree
• Habitat : Evergreen and shola forests
• Comments / notes : Common in hills above 1200m and in sholas, along streams in shady valleys
• Flower, Fruit : February-May
• Collector(s) Name : K. Sankara Rao, Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy & Navendu Page
• Collection Date : 25/03/2016
• Collection Nos : HJCB-0654
• Collection Locality : Semmedu, Kolli Hills, Namakkal district (TN)
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Vishakapatnam district
  • Telangana : Mehboobnagar district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district
  • Kerala : Palakkad district, Idukki district
  • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Ganjam district
  • Tamil Nadu : Salem district, Dharmapuri district, Salem district, Namakkal district, Tiruchirapalli district
• Native : India
• Endemism : Peninsular India
• World Distribution : India
• Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
• Literature : H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Pullaiah, Ali Moulali, 1997. Fl. Andhra Pradesh, vol. 2; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
• 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=Phoebe wightii. Downloaded on 21 November 2024.

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