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Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 129 1925.
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Malayalam: Eeyoli, Malavirinji;
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Habit- Trees up to 10 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark smooth, brownish, lenticellate; blaze light orange.
Branches and Branchlets- Young branchlets terete, fulvous tomentose.
Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, subverticilate; petiole 0.8-1.2 cm long, flat, densely fulvous tomentose; lamina 11-24 x 2-6.3 cm, narrowly long elliptic-oblanceolate, apex narrowly acute to acuminate; base narrowly cuneate, margin entire, chartaceous, densely tomentose on midrib and nerves beneath, glabrous above except midrib; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 7-14 pairs, very oblique; tertiary nerves closely horizontally percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower- Flowers unisexual, dioecious, in umbels on short peduncle.
Fruit and Seed- Berry, black when ripe, seated on cup shaped fruiting perianth; seeds 1.
Understorey trees in wet evergreen forests between 900 and 2400 m.
Endemic to the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri and Palakkad Hills
(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry
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taken this from Periyar tiger reserve, I think it is Actinodaphne, but I do not know the species. Please ID
Actinodaphne augstifolia
I have a feeling that it might be either A. malabarica or A. bourdilloni
It is Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble, you can see it in this link http://www.biotik.org/india/species/a/actibour/actibour_en.html
Piperaceae, Lauraceae and Thymelaeaceae SN 05 : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (1).
Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble wild tree from Naduvattam area of Nilgiris .                              516 ID wild tree: Please ID wild tree. In my observation, firstly, outer sepals’ set fallen, then after one week the buds becomes flower heads, after some days flower heads open with nice smell. Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA Altitude: 1500fsl Flower date: 10DEC2023, 03.45pm Plant habit: tree, erect branches, rusty branchlets, hard woody cylindrical stem 55 inches base circumference, rough brownish bark Height: 10 meters Leaves: alternate whorled elliptic acute simple glossy silvery greenish dorsal, size upto: 14×6cm Flower: axillary branchlet buds, diameter:12mm, off white, good fragrance Fruit: Seed: Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x Actinodaphne sp. [Lauraceae]. Yes, it is Actinodaphne sp dear …, thank you very much for ID my tree Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble ?? Very close Sharing sprout images Yes appears close to Actinodaphne bourdillonii as per Biotik and FoPI and GBIF. Thank you for showing me beautiful images of Actinodaphne bourdillonii. |
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