Heritiera papilio Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India t. 218 1872. (syn: Amygdalus papilio (Bedd.) Kuntze; Heritiera acuminata Wall. ex Voigt; Heritiera vespertilio Bedd. ex Kurz); . India: Tropical evergreen forests of E. India and S. Western Ghats up to 1500 m. Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala; Bangladesh as per BSI flora of India; . India (Assam, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu), Kerala, Bangladesh as per Catalogue of Life; . Habit- Buttreesed trees, up to 30 m tall. Trunk\bark- Trunk fluted; bark brown, flaky; blaze reddish. Branchlets- Young branchlets stout, scaly, tomentose. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; stipules 0.3 cm long, scaly, lanceolate or subulate, lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole stout 0.6-2.5 cm long, terete, scaly, swollen at both ends; lamina 7.5-13 (-21) x 2.6-6.5 cm, ovate to ovate- lanceolate, apex acute to narrowly acuminate, base rounded-subcordate, margin entire, thinly coriaceous, with silvery lepidote scales beneath, glabrous above; midrib raised above; basally 3-nerved basal; secondary nerves 3-6 pairs (apart from lateral ribs) ascending; tertiary nerves reticuo-percurrent, sometimes obscure. Flowers- Inflorescence axillary panicles; flowers unisexual, small, cream colored. Fruit & seed- Samaroid, brown, 3.6 (-6.4) cm long; seed one. India; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris. Canopy trees in wet evergreen forests 400 to 1400 m. (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) . Location : Tleu, Mizoram Appears close as per images at the following: .   MS, July, 2021/14 Hertiera sp. ? for id.: 2 images. Location : Lunglei Date : 11-05-2016 Habit : Tree Habitat : Wild Maybe Heritiera papilio Bedd. What are the keys?
Then it should be Heritiera papilio Bedd.
. References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) IPNI GBIF BSI Flora of India India Biodiversity Portal Biotik Plant illustrations Useful Tropical Plants florakarnataka A Dictionary of the Economic Products of India, Volume 4 By George Watt (Details- 1893 ?) |
Heritiera papilio
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