Category: Lindera

Lauraceae?: (Mixed thread): 2 correct images as above. Local Adi in Upper Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh call this ‘combo’, an edible fruit, with a citrus-like taste. Another (possibly related) fruit is ‘harpu’. The last 4 pictures (no fruit) is the ‘harpu’. Does anyone have an ID on this maybe? There are two different species […]

Lindera nacusua (D. Don) Merr., Lingnan Sci. J. 15(3): 419 1936. (syn: Benzoin bifarium (Nees) Chun; Benzoin nacusua Kuntze; Daphnidium bifaria Wall.; Daphnidium bifarium Wall. ex Nees; Laurus nacushia Meisn.; Laurus nacusua D. Don; Laurus umbellata (ambiguous synonym); Laurus umbellata Buch.-Ham. ex Spreng. (ambiguous synonym); Lindera bifaria (Nees) Benth. ex Hook. fil.; Lindera bifaria (Nees) […]

Lindera neesiana (Wall. ex Nees) Kurz, Prelim. Rep. For. Veg. Pegu Append. A: 103 1875. (syn: Aperula neesiana (Wall. ex Nees) Bl.; Benzoin fruticosum (Hemsl.) Rehder; Benzoin neesianum Wall. ex Nees; Calosmon neesianum (Wall. ex Nees) Kostel.; Lindera fruticosa Hemsl.; Lindera fruticosa var. pomiensis H.P. Tsui; Lindera pomiensis (Tsui) H.P. Tsui; Litsea fruticosa (Hemsl.) Gamble; Malapoenna […]

Lindera pulcherrima (Nees) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5(13): 185 1886. (syn: Daphnidium pulcherrimum Nees; Lindera pulcherrima var. pulcherrima;                           Benzoin pulcherrimum (Nees) Kuntze); . Common name: Wild Privet, Tree privet • Hindi: dadia, cher, cheri • Khasi: dieng jaburit, dieng tyrthialieh, dieng tyrthia synrang . A large tree ; branchlets hoary. Leaves membranous or thinly […]