Pachygone laurifolia

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

Updated on December 23, 2025

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