Drimycarpus racemosus (Roxb.) Hook.f. ex Marchand., Rév. Anacardiac. 172 1869. (syn: Holigarna racemosa Roxb. (ambiguous synonym)); Trees, up to 30 m tall. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiolules ca. 2-5 mm long; petioles ca. 5-8.5 cm long; lamina ca. 7-15 x 4-6 cm, oblong-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, obliquely rounded at base, acuminate at apex, serrate along margins. Flowers in panicles ca. 15 cm long; Male flowers ca. 3 mm across; pedicel ca. 3 mm long; calyx lobes ovate, margin ciliate; petals ca. 2 x 1 mm, oblong; stamens 10, ca. 2 mm long; disc ca. 1 mm in diam.; Female flowers ca. 5 mm across; sepals and petals as in male flowers; stamens much reduced forming staminodes; ovary ca. 2.5 x 1.8 mm, superior; stigma capitate. Drupes ca. 1.5-2.5 x 0.8-1.5 cm, yellow when ripe, oblong. In forests up to 1000 m, rarely up to 2000 m.
India: West Bengal, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Andaman Islands, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
(Attributions- French Institute of Pondicherry from India Biodiversity Portal)
. Request ID of tree from Cherrapunjee area of Meghalaya : 14 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (4)- around 1 mb each. Wild tree with long broad leaves and fruits from Cherrapunjee area of Meghalaya.
Collected: April 2019, adjacent to stream
Altitude: possibly about 1400m No latex produced from broken leaves or fruits No fragrance Seed one inside fruit, not hard to cut through Ficus sp. ?? The fruit has a single seed… am reminded of Anacardiaceae… but no latex..no fragrance. Have attached a photo of cut fruit ok. Nothopegia sp. Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. f.) Gamble ?? Can it be Drimycarpus racemosus ? as per https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287199710_ Recollection_of_Drimycarpus_racemosus Anacardiaceae_from_Andaman_Nicobar_Islands_India
http://www.botanyvn.com/Pentapanax%20racemosus&lg=en
http://www.efloras.org/object_page.aspx?object_id=109444&flora_id=2 Images seen on google search from Bioodiversity.bt
Looks close …! Drimycarpus racemosus is the correct identification. . Help me identify this Unknown member
Photographed in West Kameng District, Arunachal Pradesh on 12 January 2023.
The forest type is Tropical at an elevation above 1000 m.
Drimycarpus racemosus (Roxb.) Hook.fil. Yes it is!
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