Symplocos macrophylla Wall., Numer. List 4431 1831. (Syn: Eugeniodes jucundum (Thw.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes macrophyllum (Wall.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes marginale (Thw.) Kuntze; Lodhra gardneriana Miers; Lodhra jucunda (Thw.) Miers; Lodhra macrophylla (Wall.) Miers; Lodhra marginalis (Thw.) Miers; Symplocos barberi Gamble; Symplocos gardneriana Wight; Symplocos ifsiana C. E. C. Fischer; Symplocos jucunda Thw.; Symplocos marginalis Thw.);
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India (Assam, S-India), Sri Lanka as per Catalogue of Life;
. simp-LOK-os or simp-LAW-kaws — from the Greek symploke (entertwined or inter-connected) … Dave’s Botanary mak-roh-FIL-uh — big leaf … Dave’s Botanary .
commonly known as: large-leaf sapphire berry • Kannada: ಸಂಕಣಿ sankani • Malayalam: മലങ്കുരുവി malankuruvi • Tamil: பெரிய கம்பிளிவெட்டி periya kampilivetti
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/symplocos-macrophylla-wall-ex-dc.html .
Trees , to 7 m high; young branches curved with rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10 -20 mm, stout, tomentose; lamina 7.5 -15 x 3.5 -7.5 cm, elliptic , elliptic-ovate, base acute or rounded, apex acute to acuminate, margin crenulate, recurved when old, glabrous above, rusty villous beneath, coriaceous, yellow when dry; lateral nerves 10 -12 pairs, prominent, pinnate, villous, midrib raised beneath; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 0.85cm across, sessile, in axillary spike, 5cm, densely rusty villous; bracts small; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, ovate, acute villous; petals 5 , shortly connate at base ; stamens numerous, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short; ovary inferior, carpels 3, ovules 2 in each cells, pendulous; stigma slightly lobed. Fruit a drupe, 1.2cm long, cylindrical densely hairy, purple. Flowering and fruiting: February-May
Evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats (Endemic)
(From India Biodiversity Portal
Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi) . Tree for ID- 08022014- PKA-Feb-25 : Attachments (9). 8 posts by 5 authors.
Saw this tree in Mullayanagiri range at an altitude of approx. 5500 to 6000 ft. A Lauraceae? sorry its Symplocos only. Symplocos macrophylla? Symplocos species so far in efi I agree with … id: Symplocos macrophylla. ¿ Symplocos ? :: Galibeedu, Madikeri :: 23 FEB 2017 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 5 images.
Madikeri Coorg, Karnataka
Date: 23 FEB 2017 … Average elevation: ~ 1117 m (3667 ft) asl
ID please … ¿ Symplocos ? Names of Plants in India :: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. : 2 posts by 2 authors. 1 image.
via Species > S > Symplocos macrophylla Wall. … family: Symplocaceae
simp-LOK-os or simp-LAW-kaws — from the Greek symploke (entertwined or inter-connected) … Dave’s Botanary
mak-roh-FIL-uh — big leaf … Dave’s Botanary commonly known as: large-leaf sapphire berry • Kannada: ಸಂಕಣಿ sankani • Malayalam: മലങ്കുരുവി malankuruvi • Tamil: பெரிய கம்பிளிவெட்டி periya kampilivetti
botanical names: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC. … homotypic synonyms: Eugenioides macrophyllum (Wall. ex DC.) Kuntze • Lodhra macrophylla (Wall. ex DC.) Miers … POWO, retrieved 16 October 2024 Bibliography / etymology
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~~~~~ ENGLISH ~~~~~
written and spoken widely, in most parts of India
large-leaf sapphire berry
~~~~~ KANNADA ~~~~~
written in: Kannada (ಕನ್ನಡ) … spoken in: Karnataka
ಸಂಕಣಿ sankani
~~~~~ MALAYALAM ~~~~~
written in: Malayalam (മലയാളം) … spoken in: Kerala, Lakshadweep
മലങ്കുരുവി malankuruvi
~~~~~ TAMIL ~~~~~
written in: Tamil (தமிழ்) … spoken in: Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman & Nicobar Islands
பெரிய கம்பிளிவெட்டி periya kampilivetti
~~~~~ DISTRIBUTION in INDIA ~~~~~
Karnataka, Kerala, *Meghalaya, *Nagaland, Tamil Nadu
* no given name / no name found in the regional language(s) of the state ~~~~~ Created on: 12:42 16-10-2024 ¦ Last updated: 12:03 17-10-2024 ~~~~~
Names compiled / updated at https://dineshvalke.blogspot.com/2024/10/symplocos-macrophylla-wall-ex-dc.html
both Malayalam and English names are correct . Symplocos macrocarpa images in FOI : 3 posts by 2 authors.
Symplocos macrocarpa images of Sivaprasad ji in FOI look different from images in Biotik.
I think these should be Symplocos macrophylla subsp. macrophylla only as per images and details herein.
Pl. correct. Thanks …, I think you are right here!
. Tamil name for Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC.: Tamil names for:
Symplocos cochinchinensis subsp. laurina (Retz.) Noot. … கம்பிளிவெட்டி kampilivetti, பித்தக்கொட்டை pitta-k-kottai, வஸ்பா மரம் vaspa maram
Symplocos racemosa Roxb. … பட்டிகை pattikai
Hoping to coin a Tamil name for Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex DC. on lines of English coined name – large-leaf sapphire berry
Would பெரிய இலை periya-ilai = large leaf serve as a prefix for any of the above given names ?
I am thinking of EITHER பெரிய இலை கம்பிளிவெட்டி OR பெரிய இலை பட்டிகை
Please do not hesitate to squash this query if it is cumbersome. I think a slightly modified version of your name choice, பெரிய கம்பிளிவெட்டி Periya kampilivetti, would work for Symplocos macrophylla. Thank you very very much dear …, for help with coining this name.
பெரிய கம்பிளிவெட்டி periya kampilivetti is very nice !!!
, References: Catalogue of Life The Plant List Ver.1.1 (Unresolved) India Biodiversity Portal Biotik (Synonym : Symplocos gardneriana Wt.) Leiden Univ. Flickr JSTOR | Global Plants: Isotype of Symplocos macrophylla Wall. POWO Flora of Peninsular India GBIF |