Litsea stocksii

Medium trees; branchlets glabrous. Leaves to 15 x 5 cm, elliptic to obovate, acute, reddish beneath, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Racemes 6 cm long. Umbellules few, peduncled; bracts orbicular, puberulus. Flowers pedicelled, 6-8 in an umbellule. Fruiting calyx 12 mm across, entire or crenate. Drupes 12 x 8 mm, obovoid, reddish brown, smooth. 

Tree for identification 260712MK02:

I too agree with … following the leaf arrangement and fruit character. This might be Litsea sp.

refer: http://www.biotik.org/india/species/l/litsstoc/litsstoc_en.html

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It may be Litsea stocksii.
I am sending pics of the leaves. According to Cooke’s Flora the leaf margins are slightly revolute and the undersides of the leaves are very distinctive. They are fragrant and a bit sticky when crushed. I don’t have images of the flowers or fruit.

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Yes …, the fruits are fragrant and little sticky.

I referred the Flora of South Indian Hills by PF Fyson and the description matches with L.stocksii; half-inch ovoid berry with glabrous leaves of 8 inches is the key character. Thanks for the lead.

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29-TSP-ID-13JAN2016-1-Mullaianagiri: Tree for ID : 6 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (4)

Kindly identify this tree. 

Habit: Small tree 

Habitat: Wild, Shola forest 

Sighting: Mullaianagiri, Chikmagalur, Karnataka, about 1700 msl 

Date: 13-06-2015

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Litsea stocksii

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Litsea stocksii

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Plant for ID 21/12/09 SMP1 – efloraofindia | Google Groups : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (2)

A big tree from Kerala on way to Munnar Dec 2009.
Whole tree with all its surface of the stem was covered with these tiny flowers.
For ID

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Litsea sp.

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This would be Litsea josephii of Lauraceae.

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