Litsea lancifolia

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Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar (syn: .; Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Hook. fil.; Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Villar (ambiguous synonym); .; Litsea vartakii M.R. Almeida; Tetranthera lancifolia Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.);
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Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), Assam, S. China as per Check list of Nepal;
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Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar (accepted name) ?? : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)
Location: Sourinee, Mirik, India
Date: 21 April 2017
Altitude: 4200 ft.

Yes Sir, Accepted name.

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SK584 20 JUN-2017:ID : 6 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6)

Location: Soureni, Mirik, India
Date: 20 May 2017
Altitude: 4200 ft.
Litsea ??

Litsea species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net)

Noted.

Appears close to images at Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar as per your another post from same area: Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar (accepted name) ??

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Fern.-Vill.

Litsea lancifolia has opposite leaves. How come this species is identified as such?

Well some members have identified this. There could be mistakes sometimes. Any suggestions,

Flora of China says ” Leaves opposite or alternate on same tree; ……”

Thank you for your reply and clarification. According to Flora of West Bengal, Volume 4 (2019) as well as Flora of India, Volume 22 (2024), the leaves are opposite when young, alternate later. Next, Flora of Sikkim, Volume 1 (2023) mentioned that the leaves are mostly opposite.
So, this plant belongs to Litlea lancifolia only.

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Lauraceae for ID (Lindera – 2) : 7 posts by 3 authors. Here is the photo.
This may also be Lindera from Arunachal Pradesh.

Looks like a Litsea to me.

Thank you Sir, Litsea differs from Lindera principally in the 4-locular anthers.
Dr. Trina Bhuiyna has worked or the  genus Litsea for her Ph. D.  Probably she can identify the species or anyone else familiar with the flora of North east India such as Prof. A. P. Das or Dr. Manas Bhaumik.

I have seen only two Litsea spp, glutinosa and monopetala, it does look none of those two.

Litsea species in eFloraofindia (with details/ keys from published papers/ regional floras/ FRLHT/ FOI/ Biotik/ efloras/ books etc., where ever available on net) 

I have seen only two Litsea spp, glutinosa and monopetala, it does look none of those two.

Pl. check with images at Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) Fern.-Vill. (1880: 181).
= Basionym is Tetranthera lancifolia Roxb. ex Nees (1831: 65).

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SK1146 26 MAY 2018 : 4 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (6) – around 700 kb each.

Location:  Soureni, India 
Date: 7 May  2018
Altitude: 4000 ft
Habit : Wild
Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar   ??

Yes. This is a common element on the Darjeeling hills and Sikkim.

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Need ID help : 3 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)
This plant from Tinsukia, Assam. Please check the images.

Neolitsea,

Not Neolitsea.

Litsea cubeba?

Such leaves are seen in Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees in Wall.) Benth. & Hook. fil. ex Villar as per comparative images at Litsea

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MS,Oct,2021/53 Litsea sp. ? for id.: 2 images.
Place : Sairep
Date : 12-05-2016
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Wild

Litsea lancifolia (Roxb. ex Nees) ??

Hi, …, Any keys for further verification?

I think yes, Litsea lancifolia.

 

 

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References:
Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  GBIF (with type specimen) Flora of China  Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  India Biodiversity Portal  asianplant  Medicinal Plants of Bangladesh
Distribution of the genus Litsea Lam. (Lauraceae) in India with special reference to rare and endemic species– T. Bhuniya, P. Singh & S.K. Mukherjee- PHYTOTAXONOMY Vol. 9,2009. pp. 116-121 – (Lauraceae is represented by c. 16 genera in India of which Litsea Lam. is the largest. Taxonomic revision of the genus in India has been initiated by the authors to provide detailed account of infrageneric taxa. The present paper provides distributional, data in tables along with notes on rare and endemic species of Litsea Lam. in India based on field survey, material available in the herbaria and literature study)