Daphniphyllum

Daphniphyllum himalayense (Benth.) Müll.Arg.

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Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) K.Rosenthal (S. India, Sri Lanka as per POWO)

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BSI Flora of India with details & keys (Volume
23- (T. Chakrabarty & N. P. Balakrishnan- 2012) (Distribution):

Daphniphyllum glaucescens Blume (India: Common in evergreen shola forests, between (1200 -) 1500 – 2500 m altitudes. Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu; Sri Lanka, China and Indonesia)

Daphniphyllum himalayense (Benth.) Müll.Arg. in DC.

var. chartaceum (K.Rosenthal) Huang (India: Scarce in broad-leaved and temperate forests between 1600 – 2900 m altitudes. Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh)
var. himalayense (INDIA: Common in broad-leaved and pine forests at 1500 – 2950 m altitudes. Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Sikkim, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh; Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar and China (Tibet))

From Floral Database of Tamilnadu :

Binomial

Habit

Notes

References

Daphniphyllum
neilgherrense (Wight) K. Rosenth.

Tree

Western Ghats
& Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests

Flora of Tamil
Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Fischer 1921,
Matthew 1983

FRLHT Indian Medicinal Plants Nomenclature Database with images/herbarium, distribution, local names etc. :

Daphniphyllum himalayense MUELL.- ARG.
Daphniphyllum neilgherrense ROSENTH

From Biotik:
Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wt.) Rosenth

Species with description & pictures in Flowers of India as on 22.4.16:

Botanical name

Synonyms

Family

Common name

Daphniphyllum neilgherrense

Goughia neilgherrensis

Daphniphyllaceae

Nilgiri Daphne-Leaf

Species with distribution in annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal (Distribution):

Daphniphyllum himalense (Benth.) Mull. Arg.

Daphniphyllum himalense var. chartaceum (Benth.) Mull. Arg. (Himalaya (Mussoorie to Bhutan), S. Tibet, Khasia, N. Burma, N. Indo-China, W. China)
Daphniphyllum himalense var. himalense (Benth.) Mull. Arg. (Himalaya (Nepal to Bhutan), S. Tibet, Khasia, N. Burma)

Some species found in India with description & keys from Flora of China [Distribution other than China]:

Daphniphyllum chartaceum K. Rosenthal in Engler [Bhutan, India, N Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, N Vietnam].

Daphniphyllum himalense (Bentham) Müller Argoviensis in A. Candolle [Bhutan, NE India, N Myanmar, E Nepal].

Daphniphyllum majus Müller Argoviensis [NE India, N Myanmar, N Thailand, N Vietnam].

Trees of the Sikkim Himalaya By Topdhan Rai, Lalitkumar Rai (1994)- Details-
Daphniphyllum himalayense

CRC World Dictionary of Medicinal and Poisonous Plants: Common Names … By Umberto Quattrocchi (2012)- Details-

Daphniphyllum himalayense
Daphniphyllum neilgherrense ROSENTH

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Updated on February 27, 2026

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