Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn., Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 154 1834.; India (Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life; Habit- Small trees up to 8 m tall. Trunk & Bark- Bark brown, lenticellate, finely fissured; blaze white. Branches and branchlets – Young branchlets terete, pubescent, lenticellate. Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, usually crowded at apex; petiole 1.5-2 cm long, canaliculate, minutely pubscent when young; lamina 5-10 x 2-4 cm, obovate to oblanceolate or narrow elliptic, apex acute to shortly acuminate, sometimes obtuse, base cuneate, margin entire; subcoriaceous, pale beneath, glabrous; midrib slightly canaliculate; secondary nerves ca. 9 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulate. Inflorescence / Flower- Inflorescence racemes; flowers cream; pedicel 0.5 cm long. Fruit and Seed – Capsule, 2 valved, ca. 1 cm across; seeds 4. Along margins of evergreen forests above 1600 m. Peninsular India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- Anamalai, Palani hills, Nilgiris and Bababudangiri hills. (Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal)
Nilgiris :: Rutaceae tree for ID :: 271213MK001 : Attachments (8). 5 posts by 3 authors. Please help me in identifying this shola tree, growing stunted with a height of about 4 metre tall. Fruit: c.1 cm across; fragrant with oil glands in the rind Leaf: 10-12 cm long Habitat: wet temperate forest Alt.: 2350 m asl Date: 13 Dec 2013 Place: Doddabetta RF, Nilgiris, TN This is Pittosporum sp. belongs to Pittosporaceae and not a Rutaceae member Yes sir, this is a Pittosporum sp. efi page on Pittosporum – may be of help. May be Pittosporum ceylanicum as per GBIF Pl. confirm. On further checking, I feel it may be more closer to Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn. as per (GBIF) Specimen References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 IPNI |
Pittosporum tetraspermum
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