Xylosma longifolia

Xylosma longifolia Clos, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4 8: 231 231 1857. (Syn: Flacourtia ferox Wall. ex Voigt; Myladenia serrata H. K. Airy Shaw; Myroxylon longifolium (Clos) Kuntze; Xylosma congesta var. kwangtungensis F.P. Metcalf; Xylosma fasciculiflorum S. S. Lai);

China (Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hainan, Yunnan), Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar [Burma] (Mandalay, Sagaing), Jammu & Kashmir (Poonch, Kashmir, Jammu), India (Himachal Pradesh, Indian Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu), Pakistan (Murree, Pakistani Punjab), Pakistani Kashmir (Mirpur, Kotli), Thailand as per Catalogue of life;
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India, China, Laos, Nepal, Thailand, Vietnam as per Flora of China;

Common name: Dandal • Hindi: dandal, katari, kandhara, katpatra, sialu, pansra, phalama, chirindi, chirandi, draindu • Manipuri: নোঙলৈশাঙ Nongleishang • Khasi: Dieng kani • Malayalam: kutta • Telugu: kondanerasi, nerasi, paddayi • Oriya: godya • Assamese: mota-koli, kataponial

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Medium sized trees. Wood scented. Leaves 5-12 cm long, glabrous, elliptic, oblong to lanceolate; margin serrate; apex acute to shortly acuminate; short petioled. Flowers in short branched clustered racemes. In male flowers sepals 4-6, 1-2 mm long, ovate. Anthers dorsifixed. In female flowers sepals 4-6, imbricate; pedicels pubescent. Style short; stigma lobed. Fruit globose, 3-4 mm in diameter, black. Seeds 2 mm long, oblong to obovoid.

(Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi)

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Trees of Lalbagh, Bangalore – Xylosma longifolium – Brushholly Tree:
Lalbagh, bangalore
The leaves are alternate, simple, entire or finely toothed, 2–10 cm (0.79–3.9 in) long. The flowers are small, yellowish, produced on racemes 1–3 cm (0.39–1.2 in) long, usually dioecious,[8] and have a strong scent. The fruit is a small purple-black berry 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) in diameter that contains 2 to 8 seeds.

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Thanks for sharing another interesting plant from the Beautiful gardens of Bangalore.
Wikipedia says
Family: Salicaceae
Tribe: Flacourtieae

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I think Xylosma is an interesting genus.
X. congestum, a Chinese species, is commonly used as a hedge plant here in California, USA. It makes an attractive if understated small (10m) tree if trained.
I would be interested in getting some seeds of X. longifolium if they are available to try here in California and Florida, USA.

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Tree For ID : Lalbagh,Bangalore : 271113 : AK-1 : Attachments (6).  4 posts by 2 authors.
Seen at Lalbagh recently with very tiny flowers.
Unfortunately, the name cannot be read properly.

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This is Xylosma longifolia Clos from Salicaceae (Salix) family.

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Many thanks for the id. Flowers were very tiny, it was difficult to photograph them.
I found on flowersofindia with common name Dandal.

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AKNOV01 ID please for this tree. : 4 posts by 4 authors. No images seen now.

Location: FRI Campus, Dehradun

Date: Nov 2014

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It looks like Xanthostemon paradoxus

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Xylosma longifolia

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Tree (Xylosma sp.) for id validation – Lansdowne, Uttrakhand:: NS Oct18-01 : 3 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (8)

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Nice images and seems matching.

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Fwd: FOR IDENTIFICATION : 4 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (2)

Attaching two images of a medium size road side tree. The fruits are relished by Bulbuls and Barbets. I observed many birds visiting this tree. Can any one identify this tree ?

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Could be Xylosma longifolia or other species also.
Salicaceae.

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Pl. check with images and details at Xylosma longifolia as suggested by …

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Thank you … I have checked found it to be correct. … also suggested the same.

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References:

IPNI  Catalogue of life  The Plant List Ver.1.1  Tropicos  POWO  Flora of China FOC illustration  Flora of Pakistan  FOP illustration Annotated checklist of Flowering plants of Nepal  Flowers of India  India Biodiversity Portal  Flora of Peninsular India Forest Plants of Eastern India By Amal Bhusan Chaudhuri (1993- details)