Litsea elongata (Nees) Hook.f.

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Basionym : Daphnidium elongatum Nees ex Wall.
  • Synonym(s) : Litsea cuneifolia (Liou Ho) Kosterm.; Malapoenna elongata (Nees) Kuntze; Tetranthera elongata (Nees) Hook.f. & Thomson ex Meisn.; Tetranthera sikkimensis Meisn.
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Litsea elongata (Nees) Hook.f.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Petari-chawa (Assamese)
  • Habitat : Roadsides, streamsides, forests on mountain slopes, evergreen oak forest; 500 - 2600 m. altitude
  • Comments / notes : The wood is used for construction, furniture, etc. The seeds may be used for industrial oil.
  • Key identification features : Shoots with scaly terminal vegetative buds and rings of bud scale scars; umbels usually solitary borne on slender peduncles (5-)10-15 cm
  • Flower, Fruit : May-November
  • Distribution :
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Kameng
  • Native : Bhutan, China, Hainan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Tibet, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Himalaya to South China and North Indo-China
  • Literature :
    • Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 211
    • GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 1: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 275-276
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 337
    • 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 elongata. Downloaded on 12 October 2024.

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