Viburnum foetidum

Viburnum foetidum Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 49, pl. 61 1830. (syn: Viburnum premnaceum Wall.);

S-Tibet, NE-India, Bhutan, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin, Mandalay), Bangladesh, Laos, Thailand as per Catalogue of Life;

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Shrub about 5 to 10 ft tall. Bark grayish brown. Branchlets stellate hairy, purplish brown. Leaves opposite, rhomboidal or elliptic-lanceolate, 3-3.5 x 1-2 cm across, coriaceous, glabrescent above, pubescent on veins beneath, base cuneate or rounded, margin entire or shallowly dentate, apex acuminate to acute, lateral veins 3-4 on either side of midvein, lowest pair basal, petiole hairy, reddish purple, about 0.4-0.6 cm long, stipules usually absent. Inflorescence a multiparous compound umbel-like peduncled cyme, terminal in young branchlets 5-9 cm in diameter, 4-8 whorled rays, peduncled. Flowers creamish white, bracts and bracteoles from linear-oblong to spathulate-oblong hairy. Calyx teeth minute, triangular. Corolla white short, lobes about 2 mm in diameter, round. Stamens 5, slightly longer than the corolla lobes exerted, anthers yellowish white. Styles slightly longer than the corolla lobes exerted. Fruit drupe, scarlet red when ripe, oblong-ellipsoid, compressed. Seeds dorsally 2-grooved, ventrally 3 grooved, albumen uniform.

(Attributions- Ganeshaiah, K. N., UAS, Bangalore, India. Kailash, B. R., UAS & ATREE, Bangalore, India from India Biodiversity Portal)
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Re: Fruit from Senapati,Manipur : 7 posts by 4 authors.
Kindly identify
I think it is Prunus species

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Don’t think it is Prunus. Clear image of leaf would have helped.

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First thing came to mind was Deeringia amaranthoides, which it is not. May be something from Amaranthaceae ?

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This too looks similar
http://www.flowersofindia.net/Himalayan%20Bosea.html  

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Viburnum sp? Possibly V. foetidum.

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Thanks, … You seems to have directed us in the right way.

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MS,Oct.,2021/24 Undershrub for id: 1 high res. image.
Location : Reiek tlang

Any habit image or any other image ?

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Sorry ! Not available sir

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I think some Viburnum.

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Viburnum foetidum Wall.

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Any other images and keys?

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References: Catalogue of Life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China  FOC illustration Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  FRLHT  EOL