Endangered as per Wikipedia
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Anacolosa densiflora Bedd, Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 38 (1864) ;
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SW. India as per POWO;
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Lofty trees, to 25 m high, bole straight; bark 12-14 mm thick, mottled with yellow brown and white, smooth; blaze pink. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-15 x 3.7-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, base attenuate, cuneate, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous glabrous; lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, 10-12 x 10-12 mm, white, fragrant, in axillary cymes; pedicel 5 mm long; calyx cupular, 5-6 toothed, not accrescent; petals 5-6, 6 x 1, puberulus outside, densely tomentose within; stamens 5-6, opposite to the petals at their base; filaments slender; anthers very small, globose, basifixed, the 2 cells dehiscing longitudinally; disc cup shaped, surrounding the base of the ovary; ovary superior, 1-celled, ovules 2-3, pendulous; style conical, stigma shortly lobed. Fruit a drupe, 10 x 15-18 mm, globose, surrounded by accrescent disc; stone crustaceous; seed pendulous.
Flowering and fruiting: September-June
Evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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525 ID wild tree: 19 high res. images.
Please ID wild tree,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 15JAN2024, 04.40pm
Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine
Plant habit: tree, erect branches, dark greenish branchlets, hard woody cylindrical stem 20 inches base circumference, smooth greenish bark
Height: 07 meters
Leaves: alternate elliptic acute simple smooth glossy size upto: 12×6cm, strange smelling and tasting
Flower: bunches of buds in axils of both branches and branchlets, clustered, diameter: 04mm, green, non fragrant
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Anacolosa densiflora? Olacaceae
Strombosia ceylanica
Yes, it is Strombosia ceylanica dear …, thank you very much for ID my tree
I think it appears more close to images of Anacolosa densiflora as suggested by … as per
GBIF specimens (one, two), POWO specimen, Illustration
See references for Strombosia ceylanica:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF BSI Flora of India Flora of peninsular India Flickr India Biodiversity Portal Biotik Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Useful Tropical Plants iNaturalist Asian Plant
It would be ideal if … can follow up with some pictures of the mature fruit for further clarity.
Ok, I will check
I will accept your final decision on this tree
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References:
POWO specimen Catalogue of Life GBIF specimens (one, two) (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal Wikipedia
