Cryptocarya species- Dampui-ngaw, Mizoram


MS,Nov.,2021/27 Tree for id.: 2 images.
Location : Dampui-ngaw
Date : 25-08-2016
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Wild

Olea ?

This is Cryptocarya of Lauraceae. A number of new species (3-4) were described by Gangopadhyay in 2006 and it seems one of them.

If Cryptocarya, then it may be a new record also. Please try to collect specimens.

Any chances of it being some Sarcosperma species?

Sarcosperma arboreum?

Looks different from images at Sarcosperma arboreum

What are the species of Cryptocarya reported in your book?


Only Cryptocary amygdalina is reported in Mizoram as per my book.

I checked all the species listed in the checklist of BSI Flora of India, with distribution in the North East.

I could not find any specimens in POWO and GBIF except for one at Cryptocarya ferrari.
There is some possibility of Cryptocarya amygdalina, although there is some difference in apex and fruit shape is also slightly different as per GBIF specimens- one, two, three, four.

Cryptocarya sp. ?

I have earlier kept it accordingly at
https://efloraofindia.com/2021/12/14/cryptocarya-species-dampui-ngaw-mizoram/