Location: Chautara, Nepal
Date: 18 December 2017
Altitude: 4800 ft. Habit : Wild
Just a guess. The leaves are very similar to Cleistanthus. … should have a special lookout for the flowers and fruits.
It was not flowering at that time and the location is very far. I shall try when I go there again.
I’m not that familiar with mountain flora! My guess is that it’s a laurel (Lauraceae) of some kind, maybe a Machilus or Litsea, but without more detail it’s hard to say. The green trunk is curious and probably distinctive…and the glaucous leaves are probably a good clue for someone who is more familiar with montane trees
Try and send close pictures of flowers and fruit if you can, …
Pl. check species under
/species/m—z/p/phyllanthaceae/cleistanthus as per suggestions by …
Or try suggestions of …
Difficult to say with these images.
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