Litsea salicifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Litsea atrata S.K.Lee Malapoenna glauca Kuntze Tetranthera attenuata Wall. ex Nees Tetranthera diglatia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees. Tetranthera glauca Wall. ex Nees Tetranthera glauca var. attenuata (Wall. ex Nees) Meisn. Tetranthera glauca var. ellipsoidea Meisn. Tetranthera glauca var. elongata Meisn. Tetranthera lanceifolia Roxb. Tetranthera salicifolia Roxb. ex Nees Tetranthera salicifolia var. attenuata (Wall. ex Nees) Hook.f. Tetranthera salicifolia var. ellipsoidea Hook.f. Tetranthera salicifolia var. elongata (Meisn.) Hook.f. Tetranthera salicifolia var. laurifolia Hook.f. Tetranthera salicifolia var. polyneura Hook.f. Tetranthera salicifolia var. reticulata Hook.f. Tetranthera saligna Hook.f. & Thomson ex Meisn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Litsea salicifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Hook.f.
  • Habit : Shrub or small tree
  • Key identification features : Shrubs or small trees, 6-10 m high; branches silky pubescent; Leaves narrowly lanceolate to oblong-lanceolate; Flowers in fascicled, shortly peduncled umbels, yellowish; Fruits ellipsoid, pale white.
  • Flower, Fruit : December- October
  • Distribution :
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Siang, Subansiri
    • Assam : Assam
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Vietnam
  • Literature :
    • 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: 340
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Litsea salicifolia. Downloaded on 14 October 2024.

India Distribution

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