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Nothopegia racemosa (Dalzell) Ramamoorthy, Fl. Hassan Distr. 377 1976. (Syn: Glycicarpus edulis Dalzell; Glycicarpus racemosa Dalzell);
. Synonym : Glycycarpus racemosus Dalz.; Nothopegia dalzellii Gamble var. angustifolia Gamble as per Biotik;
. Naicheru in Malyalam
. Habit- Trees, up to 15 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark finely fissured, blaze brown.
Branches and Branchlets- Branchlets stout, glabrous.
Exudates- Latex black and scanty.
Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 1-2.7 cm long, stout, glabrous, usually twisted; lamina 8-23 x 3.5-6.2 cm, oblong to oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, margin slightly undulate, glabrous, coriaceous, glaucous beneath; midrib slightly raised above; secondary nerves 9-25 pairs, nearly parallel; tertiary nerves weakly percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence axillary racemes, 2-4 cm long, rusty pubescent; flowers polygamous.
Fruit and Seed- Drupe, reddish, oblate, 1 x 1.5 cm, apiculate, 1-seeded
Understorey trees in low elevation evergreen to semi-evergreen or secondary moist deciduous forests.
India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats South and Central Sahyadri
(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal) .
Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramam SN Dec 16 : 4 posts by 4 authors. Attachments (3) .
Only one species of Nothopegia heyneana is shown as having distribution in Odisha as per Flora of Peninsular India.
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=618&cat=7 Nothopegia racemosa syn. of Nothopegia castaneifolia is given distribution only in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Kerala: https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/FloraPeninsular/herbsheet.php?id=620&cat=7 Do you have any other published information about its distribution? First record of occurrence of the tree species Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramamurthy (Anacardiaceae) from Eastern Ghats of India Has it been published? Any keys which confirm it?
Yes sir published . First record of occurrence of the tree species Nothopegia racemosa (Dalz.) Ramamurthy (Anacardiaceae) from Eastern Ghats of India: .
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Dicots The Nilgiris :: Feb 1, 2026 · 03:44 PM IST
Barilyar, about 904 m asl According to Dr Udayan it Nothopegia racemosa Ji.
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Nothopegia racemosa
Updated on July 1, 2026