Viburnum foetidum

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Viburnum foetidum Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 49, pl. 61 1830. (syn: Viburnum premnaceum Wall.);
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S-Tibet, NE-India, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay), Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;
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Shrub about 5 to 10 ft tall. Bark grayish brown. Branchlets stellate hairy, purplish brown. Leaves opposite, rhomboidal or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-3.5 x 1-2 cm across, coriaceous, glabrescent above, pubescent on veins beneath, base cuneate or rounded, margin entire or shallowly dentate, apex acuminate to acute, lateral veins 3-4 on either side of midvein, lowest pair basal, petiole hairy, reddish purple, about 0.4-0.6 cm long, stipules usually absent. Inflorescence a multiparous compound umbel-like peduncled cyme, terminal in young branchlets 5-9 cm in diameter, 4-8 whorled rays, peduncled. Flowers creamish white, bracts and bracteoles from linear-oblong to spathulate-oblong hairy. Calyx teeth minute, triangular. Corolla white short, lobes about 2 mm in diameter, round. Stamens 5, slightly longer than the corolla lobes exerted, anthers yellowish white. Styles slightly longer than the corolla lobes exerted. Fruit drupe, scarlet red when ripe, oblong-ellipsoid, compressed. Seeds dorsally 2-grooved, ventrally 3 grooved, albumen uniform.

Flowering/Fruiting: June-November
Forests at an altitude of about 3,000 to 5,000 ft; and cultivated.
Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India: Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Myanmar, Thailand
(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Re: Fruit from Senapati,Manipur : 7 posts by 4 authors.
Kindly identify
I think it is Prunus species

Don’t think it is Prunus. Clear image of leaf would have helped.

First thing came to mind was Deeringia amaranthoides, which it is not. May be something from Amaranthaceae ?

This too looks similar
http://www.flowersofindia.net/Himalayan%20Bosea.html  

Leaves look different from images at
http://www.flowersofindia.net/Himalayan%20Bosea.htm 

Viburnum sp? Possibly V. foetidum.

Thanks, … You seems to have directed us in the right way.

To me also appears close to Viburnum foetidum as per
Flora of China, FOC illustration, GBIF, Flowers of India

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MS,Oct.,2021/24 Undershrub for id: 1 high res. image.
Location : Reiek tlang

Date : 07-06-2018
Habit : Undershrub ?
Habit : Wild

Any habit image or any other image ?

Sorry ! Not available sir

I think some Viburnum.

Viburnum foetidum Wall.

Any other images and keys?

Yes, Viburnum foetidum Wall. as suggested by …

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Psychotria species ID: 1 image.

Please help identify the shrub attached below, found in the wild in Manipur. Is this a species of the genus Psychotria?
Habitat: wild, temperate forest
Elevation: ~1700m
Location: Ukhrul
Fruiting: September
Habit: Shrub
This appears to be a Viburnum species:
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/viburnum/
What are the species reported from your area?

Viburnum foetidum and Viburnum cylindricum are reported to be found in this region.

It appears to be
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/10/23/viburnum-foetidum/ as per images and references herein.
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Identification: 1 image.
Habitat: Wild, temperate forest 24-32 degree celsius. 

Elevation: ~2000 m
Location: Manipur
Bears sweet and tangy fruit once after every five years.

This appears to be a Viburnum species:
https://efloraofindia.com/2011/04/05/viburnum/
What are the species reported from your area?

Same post with details at Psychotria species ID

It appears to be
https://efloraofindia.com/2019/10/23/viburnum-foetidum/ as per images and references herein.