Miliusa velutina

Miliusa velutina (A.DC.) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 151 1855. (syn: Guatteria velutina A.DC.; Guatteria villosa G.Don; Uvaria olens Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. (Unresolved); Uvaria velutina Dunal; Uvaria villosa Roxb.);

Common name: Velvety Miliusa • Hindi: chopar chilla, dom-sal, domsal • Kannada: anachae, ance, anchae, anche, anchey, anje, dhuma saala • Malayalam: kanakaitha, kanakayitha, kanakkaita, kanakyitha • Sanskrit: rsyaprokta • Telugu: nalla dadduga, nalla dudduga, nalladaduga

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Deciduous tree about 8-11 m tall. Bark dark grayish brown, rough, inside soft dun brown, fibrous, about 1.5-2.5 cm thick, branchlets and other young parts densely grey or golden tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, variable, broadly ovate, ovate-elliptic, oblong or obovate, 10-30 x 4-12 cm across, slightly asymmetrical, base somewhat cordate, margins entire, apex acute with mucronate tip, sub-coriaceous, aromatic, dark green, velvety tomentose above, paler densely velvety tomentose beneath, later veins about 12-16 on either side of the midrib, slightly arched, petiole stout, tomentose, about 0.2-0.7 cm long. Flowers bisexual, extra-axillary or terminal leaf opposed, pale yellow, about 0.8-1 cm across, pedicels pubescent, about 4-8 cm long, bracts basal, minute, buds velvety. Sepals 3, ovate or somewhat triangular, apex acute, about 2-4 x 1-1.5 mm across. Petals 6 in 2 series, outer petals somewhat similar to the sepals, about 3-4 x 1-1.5 mm across, inner petals larger, broadly ovate, apex subobtuse, pale yellow, dark brown tomentose outside, glabrous inside, about 7-11 x 7 mm across. Stamens many, short, about 1.5 mm long, filaments stout, anthers distinct, extrorse, connectives shortly apiculate on the top. Carpels many, oblong, velutinous, about 2 mm long, stigma subsessile, ovules 2. Ripe carpels many, ovoid or subglobose, tomentose, bluish purple when ripe, about 1.5 x 2.5 cm across, stalks slender about 0.5-1 cm long, Seeds 1-2 on a parietal placenta.

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Tree For ID : Jim Corbett,Uttarakhand : 200614 : AK-36 : Attachments (3). 5 posts by 3 authors.
Id please.

Miliusa velutina

Fruit from Manipur : 15 posts by 6 authors. 3 images.
Request for identification small tree from Manipur, close to any Annonaceae

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Can it be some Uvaria species ?

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May be different than Baccaurea ramiflora ??

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I do not think it matches with Lansium domesticum Corrêa also.

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May be any Mliusa, but still not sure, the pattern of fruiting suggesting close to any Annonaceae.

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There are two different species. Both are Annonaceae for sure. The third image is differnt from first two, it looks like Miliusa velutina based on leaves. Not sure what the first two images are of.

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Miliusa velutina (Dunal) Hook.f. & Thomson: 5 very high res. images.

I am not sure about that as per
https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/7/12/555/htm
https://efloraofindia.com/2016/03/14/miliusa-velutina/
http://www.flowersofindia.Velvety%20Miliusa.html
https://indiabiodiversity.org/species/show/246536

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References:
The Plant List Ver.1.1  Flora of China Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal