Nothopegia heyneana

Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. fil.) Gamble, Fl. Madras 265 1918. (syn: Nothopegia colebrookiana var. heyneana Wall. ex Hook. fil.);

India (Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala) as per Catalogue of Life;
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Habit- Small trees, up to 15 m tall.

Trunk & Bark- Bark finely fissured; blaze pinkish brown.

Branches and Branchlets- Branches glabrous, minutely pubescent when young.

Exudates- Acrid juice scanty.

Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 0.3-0.5 cm; lamina 4-11.5 x 1-3 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex bluntly acute, base acute, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, pale beneath; midrib nearly flat above; secondary nerves 15-25 pairs, moderate in angle; tertiary nerves weakly percurrent.

Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence in panicle, pubescent; flowers polygamous, sessile.

Fruit and Seed- Drupe, compressed, 1-seeded

Understorey trees in low elevation wet evergreen and subcanopy trees in dry evergreen forests.

Endemic to Peninsular India; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadri

(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Tea… as per India Biodiversity Portal)

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17082018BHAR02 Tree in Yelagiri : 6 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (3)

Found this tree in Yelagiri hills of Eastern ghats.

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Sir it is Nothopegia heyneana. Anacardiaceae

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Have ever recorded this species in Eastern ghats anywhere; please share us.

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If it is Nothopegia, does not matches with Nothopegia heyneana as per BSI Flora of India keys

It may be Nothopegia beddomei Gamble as per keys.

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Nothopegia aureofulva Bedd. ex Hook.f. ??

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Found this tree in Yelagiri hills of Eastern ghats.

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Nothopegia heyneana

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 I was guessing both since both have distribution in TN.

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Why this is not N beddomei?

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Leaves almost oblong, very less lanceolate, chartaceous, not flexible when fold…………………….heyneana

Leaves almost ovate, very less lanceolate, coriaceous or sub coriaceous, flexible…………beddomei.

References: POWO  Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Flora of peninsular India  India Biodiversity Portal  IBIS Flora Biotik  Kerala plants Wikipedia