- Family : HAMAMELIDACEAE
(Hamamile Family)
- Family (Hindi name) : HAMAMELIS FAMILY
- Family (as per The APG System III) : Hamamelidaceae
- Synonym(s) : Altingia caerulea Poir.; Altingia excelsa Noronha; Liquidambar altingia Blume; Liquidambar altingiana Blume; Liquidambar cerasifolia (Wall. & Griff.) Voigt; Liquidambar rasamala Blume; Sedgwickia cerasifolia Wall. & Griff.
- Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Liquidambar excelsa (Noronha) Oken
- Habit : Tree
- Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests
- Key identification features : Aromatic, lofty trees up to 35 m tall, much branched at top; Leaves lanceolate, caudate; Flowers unisexual, male in dense racemose heads, female in solitary heads, apetalous; Capsules globose, brown, tomentose, many seeded.
- Flower, Fruit : January- May
- Distribution :
- Sikkim : Sikkim
- Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Kameng, Siang, Subansiri
- Assam : Assam
- Nagaland : Nagaland
- Native : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Exotic/Native : Native
- World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Bhutan, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Island, Malaya, Myanmar, Sumatera,Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam
- Literature :
- P.K . Hajra ., D.M. Verma and G.S. Giri (1996). Materials For The Flora Of Arunachal Pradesh , Vol (1), Pg : 491
- Navendu Page., Aparajita Datta., Bibidishananda Basu (2022). Trees of Arunachal Pradesh-a field guide, Pg: 452-453
- Read more :
- Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Altingia excelsa. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.
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