{"id":1291249,"date":"2013-09-12T19:20:56","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T19:20:56","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-12-24T18:36:14","modified_gmt":"2024-12-24T13:06:14","slug":"symplocos-obtusa","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/symplocos-obtusa\/","title":{"rendered":"Symplocos obtusa"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Symplocos obtusa<\/i> Wall. ex G. Don, Numer. List 4424 1831<\/em>.\u00a0(syn: Eugeniodes laetum<\/em> (Thw.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes obtusum<\/em> (Wall.) Kuntze; Lodhra laeta<\/em> (Thw.) Miers; Lodhra obovata<\/em> Miers; Lodhra obtusa<\/em> (Wall.) Miers; Symplocos furcata<\/em> Brand;\u00a0Symplocos laeta<\/em> Thw.; Symplocos major<\/em> Brand; Symplocos obovata<\/em> Wight & Gardn. ex Thw.; Symplocos suborbicularis<\/em> Abeyw.);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n
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India (Nilgiri Hills), Sri Lanka<\/font> as per Catalogue of life<\/font><\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
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Trees, to 10 m high; young parts glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 20-30 mm long, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 6-11 x 4-6.5 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, margin entire or serrate, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, glabrous, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, in unbranched 2-3 cm long racemes, axis hispid; bracts ovate, cauducous; bracteoles early cauducous; pedicels 1 mm long, slender; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, 1.5 x 1 mm, obtuse, hairy; corolla lobes 5; stamens numerous, unequal, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short, ovary inferior, ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle. Frit a drupe, 12 x 5 mm, terete, yellowish-green, minutely hispid towards apex; seeds 1-3, oblong.<\/font><\/div>\n

Flowering and fruiting: May-November<\/font><\/div>\n
Shola forests<\/font><\/div>\n
South India and Sri Lanka<\/font><\/div>\n
(From India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
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Attributions- Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/font><\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Nilgiris: Tree for identification 310813<\/a> : Attachments<\/span> (8<\/span>). 3 posts by 1 author.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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Please help me to identify this slender tree found in shola (evergreen) forests of Nilgiris.<\/font><\/div>\n
Leaf: 15-20cm long<\/font><\/div>\n
Flower: 1.5 cm across<\/font><\/div>\n
Date: 11 July 2013<\/font><\/div>\n
Alt.: 2400 m asl<\/font><\/div>\n
Place: Doddabetta, Nilgiris, TN<\/font><\/p>\n
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It looks like some Symplocos<\/i> spp.<\/p>\n
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I think this tree is very much like Symplocos obtusa<\/i>, as per the images in BIOTIK<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Catalogue of life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/a>\u00a0 IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 WFO<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>Biotik<\/a>\u00a0 plant illustrations<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of Karnataka<\/a>\u00a0 Flora of peninsular India<\/a>\u00a0 POWO<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Symplocos obtusa Wall. ex G. Don, Numer. List 4424 1831.\u00a0(syn: Eugeniodes laetum (Thw.) Kuntze; Eugeniodes obtusum (Wall.) Kuntze; Lodhra laeta (Thw.) Miers; Lodhra obovata Miers; Lodhra obtusa (Wall.) Miers; Symplocos furcata Brand;\u00a0Symplocos laeta Thw.; Symplocos major Brand; Symplocos obovata Wight & Gardn. ex Thw.; Symplocos suborbicularis Abeyw.);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 India (Nilgiri Hills),…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[5956],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1291249","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-symplocos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1291249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1291249"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1291249\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1291249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1291249"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1291249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}