Litsea laevigata – eFlora of India

March 7, 2015
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Litsea

Litsea laevigata Gamble, Fl. Madras 1236 1925. ;

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Habit- Trees up to 7 m tall.

Trunk & Bark- Bark brown, lenticellate, smooth; blaze light orange.

Branches and Branchlets- Young branchlets subterete, glabrescent.

Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate distichous; petiole 0.4-1.5 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-18 x 2-5.5 cm, usually oblanceolate to narrow elliptic, apex acuminate, base acute, margin entire, chartaceous, glaucous beneath, glabrescent beneath; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 7-9; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.

Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence umbels in axillary and lateral sessile or shortly peduncled clusters; flowers unisexual.

Fruit and Seed- Berry, ellipsoid, to 1.5 cm long, seated on fruiting perianth cup; seeds 1.

Common understorey trees in low and medium elevation evergreen forests between 200 and 1000 m.

Endemic to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.

(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal)
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ANFEB09 Please identify this tree (Litsea sp.?) : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (10)

Date: 1st February 2015
Place: Agumbe, Karnataka
Habit: Tree

Probable identity provided by … as Litsea laevigata.

Confirmed as Litsea laevigata by …

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ID 02/02: 1 high res. images.
Please identify this small tree near a pond, branches drooping, more of cauliflorous, from Kozhikode in Kerala. 5/2/24

Check with Litsea laevigata.
Need twig completely for proper id

Any other images,

I will try to get

Yes, Litsea laevigata or near to that.

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal IBIS Flora Biotik

Comments

D.S.Rawat September 20, 2022 at 12:26 pm

Near Threatened species in India.

https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153114811/153622863

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