Neolitsea foliosa (Nees) Gamble

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Lauraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Litsea foliosa (Nees) Nees; Litsea foliosa var. puncticulata Meisn.; Tetradenia foliosa Nees
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Neolitsea foliosa (Nees) Gamble
  • Vernacular name :
    • Bodeda (Telugu)
  • Habit : Tree
  • Habitat : In valleys of forests and on high plateaus
  • Comments / notes : Occasional in Tropical moist deciduous forests.
  • Flower, Fruit : April-December
  • Collector(s) Name : Arun Singh, Raja K. Swamy, K. Sankara Rao
  • Collection Date : 24/10/2014
  • Collection Nos : HJCB-0096
  • Collection Locality : On the way to papavinasanam, Tirumala Hills, Chittoor district (AP)
  • Distribution :
    • Andhra Pradesh : Chittoor district, Vishakapatnam district, Srikakulam district
    • Odisha : Ganjam district, Kalhandi district, Rayagada district
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Changlang, Lohit
  • Native : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Andaman Islands, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • R. S. Rao and S. H. Sreeramulu, 1986 - Flora of Srikakulam District
    • 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
    • Franklin Benjamin & G.V.S.Murthy, 2013. Flora of Sri Venkateswara National Park, Andhra Pradesh, BSI.
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 342
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Neolitsea foliosa. Downloaded on 13 October 2024.

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