Category: Actinodaphne

Actinodaphne longipes Kosterm., Reinwardtia 9: 98 (1974) (syn: Actinodaphne reticulata var. glabra Meisn.); . Nepal to Assam, N. Vietnam: Assam, East Himalaya, Nepal, Vietnam as per POWO; . SK 3703 15 March 2023: 6 very high res. images. Location: Kathmandu Valley, Nepal Date: 11 March 2023 Altitude: 2418m. Habitat : Wild Lauraceae ?? Yes, appears to be from lauraceae. […]

Actinodaphne hookeri Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 218 1864. (Syn: Actinodaphne angustifolia Hook.f. & Thomson ex Meisn.; Jozoste hookeri Kuntze);   . Keys as per Flora of peninsular India . identification no261210sn1: kindly identify this plant time/date: dec.10 location:mulshi, pune, 3000ft. above sea level habitat:wild planthabit: tree i think height:about 8-9ft. – Actinodaphne angustifolia of Lauraceae, Pisa in leaf buds. […]

Actinodaphne angustifolia (Blume) Nees (1832: 34).  = Litsea angustifolia Blume (1826: 566). – [not Litsea angustifolia Hook. f. (Hooker 1886: 169), nom. illeg. = Litsea saligna (Nees) N. P. Balakr. (Balakrishnan 1967: 329) = Tetranthera saligna Nees (1831: 67)] = Tetranthera angustifolia (Blume) Nees (1831: 65). = Laurus gullavara Buch.-Ham. ex Nees (1831: 65), nom. inval. = Actinodaphne gullavara (Buch.-Ham. ex Nees) M.R.Almeida (2003: 51), nom. illeg. et superfl. = Actinodaphne heterophylla Blume (1851: 342) […]

Actinodaphne obovata (Nees) Bl., Mus. Bot. 1: 342 1851. (syn: Jozoste obovata (Nees) Kuntze; Laurus obovata Buch.-Ham. ex Nees (ambiguous synonym); Litsea obovata (Nees) Nees (ambiguous synonym); Tetradenia obovata Nees (ambiguous synonym); Tetranthera obovata Ham. ex Wall.); . India, Vietnam, Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Sagaing), Nepal, SE-Tibet, China (Yunnan) as per Catalogue of life; . Trees, 20-25 m tall; bark greyish-brown; […]

Actinodaphne sikkimensis Meisn., Prodr. 15(1): 213 1864. (syn: Jozoste sikkimensis Kuntze); Bhutan, Sikkim, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Sagaing), NE-India (Manipur), Nepal as per Catalogue of Life; Small tree to 6m. Leaves membranous, lanceolate, 10-14 x 2-4cm, finely acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous, pale and not reticulate beneath; lateral veins slender, 8-11 pairs, not very prominent beneath; […]

Actinodaphne malabarica Balkr., Regnum Veg. 145: 495 2005. (Syn: Actinodaphne hirsuta Hk. f.);   Malayalam Kambiliviriji, Neyaram, Kambilivirinji, Pattutthalli, Malavirinji, Pukachan Others Kambilivirinji, Malavirinji Trees, to 18 m high, bark dark grey, smooth, lenticellate; blaze dull yellow with brownish streaks; young shoots densely fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, subverticillate, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 7-20 mm […]

  identification of this plant : 5 posts by 3 authors. 1 image. Reply from another thread: This appears to be a Lauraceae member with perulate terminal buds. However, without further details (flowering, fruiting, habit, habitat etc) it is difficult to apply a name. Actinodaphne!   When and where these images were taken? Pl. also check […]

Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 129 1925. . Malayalam: Eeyoli, Malavirinji;  . Habit- Trees up to 10 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark smooth, brownish, lenticellate; blaze light orange. Branches and Branchlets- Young branchlets terete, fulvous tomentose. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, subverticilate; petiole 0.8-1.2 cm long, flat, densely fulvous tomentose; lamina […]