- Family : LAURACEAE
(Laurel Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
- Synonym(s) : Litsea hexantha Siebold ex Blume; Litsea polyantha Juss.; Malapoenna monopetala Kuntze; Tetranthera alnoides Miq.; Tetranthera fruticosa Buch.-Ham. ex Meisn.; Tetranthera hexantha Sieber ex Meisn.; Tetranthera hirana Buch.-Ham. ex Wall.; Tetranthera monopetala Roxb.; Tetranthera quadriflora Roxb.;Tetranthera villosa Bojer;Tomex monopetala (Roxb.) Hoffmanns.; Tomex pubescens Willd. ex Meisn.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : 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 : Tropical semi-evergreen forests, Tropical evergreen forests
- Comments / notes : Common in valleys, near streams at 1000 to 1200m
- Key identification features : Trees, up to 20 m tall with spreading crown; Leaves narrowly oblong or oblanceolate, rusty pubescent beneath; Flowers in axillary, clustered or subcorymbose umbellules, yellowish; Fruits ovoid, blackish when ripe.
- 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 : Visakhapatnam district, East Godavari district, West Godavari district, Srikakulam district
- Karnataka : Kodagu (Coorg) district
- Odisha : Mayurbhanj district, Kalahandi district, Ganjam district, Koraput district, Puri district, Sundargarh district, Angul district, Bargarh district, Khordha district
- Tamil Nadu : Coimbatore district
- Madhya Pradesh : Madhya Pradesh
- Uttarakhand : Nainital district
- West Bengal : West Bengal
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Lohit, Siang, Tirap
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
- Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
- Tripura : Tripura
- Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Hainan, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicobar Islands, Pakistan, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
- 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.
- Deb, D.B. (1981) The Flora of Tripura State. Vol. 2. Today and Tomorrow’s Printers and Publishers, New Delhi.
- G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 338-339
- Read more :
- Permalink : http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Litsea monopetala
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Flora Online. http://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Litsea monopetala. Downloaded on 20 January 2026.
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