Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm.

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Basionym : Laurus cassia L.
  • Synonym(s) : Cinnamomum cassia (L.) J.Presl
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neolitsea cassia (L.) Kosterm.
  • Vernacular name :
    • Belori, Bilinisangi (Kannada)
    • Mori (Telugu)
    • Keezhambazham, Pravari, Venkana, Vellakodala (Malayalam)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : Tropical evergreen forests, Shola
  • Comments / notes : Frequent in forests of valleys.
  • Key identification features : Trees, up to 20 m high; bark grayish brown; Leaves elliptic-Ianceolate or elliptic-oblong; Flowers in subsessile, fascicled umbels, yellowish; Fruits ovoid-oblong.
  • Flower, Fruit : October- April
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Imran Baig, A.N.Sringeswara
  • Collection Date : 04/09/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-E-38
  • Collection Locality : Polur Ghat, Jawadhu Hills, Tiruvannamalai district (TN)
  • Distribution :
    • Karnataka : Uttara Kannada district
    • Kerala : Kannur district, Wayanad district, Palakkad district, Thrissur district, Idukki district, Kollam district, Thiruvananthapuram district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Tiruvannamalai district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit, Subansiri
  • Native : India, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 341
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neolitsea cassia. Downloaded on 9 October 2024.

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