Pachygone laurifolia (DC.) L.Lian & Wei Wang, Molec. Phylogen. Evol. 148(106825): 7 (2020) (syn: Cebatha laurifolia (DC.) Kuntze; Cinnamomum esquirolii H.Lév. ; Cocculus angustifolius Hassk. ; Cocculus bariensis Pierre ex Gagnep. ; Cocculus laurifolius DC. ; Cocculus laurifolius var. angustifolius (Hassk.) Boerl. ; Cocculus laurifolius var. triplinervis Boerl. ; Galloa trinervis Hassk. ; Holopeira australis Miers ; Holopeira fusiformis Miers ; Holopeira laurifolia (DC.) Miers; Menispermum laurifolium (DC.) Roxb. ; Nephroia laurifolia (DC.) Miers);
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Indian Subcontinent to Japan (S. Kyushu) and Philippines: Assam, Bangladesh, China South-Central, China Southeast, East Himalaya, India, Japan, Jawa, Laos, Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nepal, Philippines, Sumatera, Taiwan, Thailand, Vietnam, West Himalaya; introduced into: Peru as per POWO;
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Common name: Laurel-Leaved Snail Tree • Nepali: तिलफोरा Tilaphoraa
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ID KK 11: 1 image.
Please identify this shrub from Idukki, Kerala. 28/10/25
Do the leaves and fruits belong to the same tree/ shrub?
If so, pl. see
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/strychnos/
Post any other angel photo pls seems to Hypserpa but not sure.
I think looks different from Hypserpa nitida:
Flora of Sri Lanka India Biodiversity Portal iNaturalist
Cinnamomum verum J.Presl ??
Cinnamomum verum seeds look different as per images at
https://efloraofindia.com/efi/cinnamomum-verum/
The leaves too not aromatic
it is Celtis species
Please check Celtis occidentalis
How about Smilax?
Pachygone laurifolia (DC.) L. Lian & Wei Wang (Cocculus laurifolius DC.)
…may be correct, but without flower confirmation is difficult
Yes, maybe Pachygone laurifolia (DC.) L. Lian & Wei Wang (Cocculus laurifolius DC.) as per specimen at
https://indiaflora-ces.iisc.ac.in/herbsheet.php?id=2754&cat=13
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References:
POWO WFO India Flora Online Flowers of India Wikipedia Wikimedia Commons Trees and Shrubs Online
