{"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":"<div xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xhtml\">\n<table cellspacing=\"0\" class=\"sites-layout-name-one-column sites-layout-hbox\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"sites-layout-tile sites-tile-name-content-1\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><font color=\"#444444\"><i>Symplocos obtusa<\/i> Wall. ex G. Don, <em>Numer. List 4424 1831<\/em>.\u00a0(syn: <em>Eugeniodes laetum<\/em> (Thw.) Kuntze; <em>Eugeniodes obtusum<\/em> (Wall.) Kuntze; <em>Lodhra laeta<\/em> (Thw.) Miers; <em>Lodhra obovata<\/em> Miers; <em>Lodhra obtusa<\/em> (Wall.) Miers; <em>Symplocos furcata<\/em> Brand;\u00a0<em>Symplocos laeta<\/em> Thw.; <em>Symplocos major<\/em> Brand; <em>Symplocos obovata<\/em> Wight &#038; Gardn. ex Thw.; <em>Symplocos suborbicularis<\/em> Abeyw.);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#a64d79\">India (Nilgiri Hills), Sri Lanka<\/font> as per <span style=\"color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/col\/details\/species\/id\/0168912e14dc87364c5c07225cc383fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">Catalogue of life<\/font><\/a>;\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><font color=\"#ff0000\">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<div><font color=\"#ff0000\">Flowering and fruiting: May-November<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff9900\">Shola forests<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#a64d79\">South India and Sri Lanka<\/font><\/div>\n<div>(From <a href=\"http:\/\/indiabiodiversity.org\/species\/show\/18694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><font face=\"Arial\">India Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Attributions- <a href=\"http:\/\/indiabiodiversity.org\/species\/show\/18694#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi<\/font><\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table border=\"1\" bordercolor=\"#888\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"border-width:1px;border-color:rgb(136,136,136);border-collapse:collapse\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width:854px;height:377px\">\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0073.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0073.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"153\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0073.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0076-0.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0076-0.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"149\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0076-0.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/IMG_0073.JPG-part-0.3-authuser-0-view-1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-size:10pt\" target=\"_blank\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/IMG_0073.JPG-part-0.3-authuser-0-view-1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-size:10pt\" target=\"_blank\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0072.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0072.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"149\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0072.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0074.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0074.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"167\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0074.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0075.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"149\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0075.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0078-2-8.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0078-2-8.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"200\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0078-2-8.JPG\" width=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/IMG_0076.JPG-part-0.6-authuser-0-view-1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-size:10pt\" target=\"_blank\" \/><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/attachments\/IMG_0076.JPG-part-0.6-authuser-0-view-1\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"line-height:1.5;font-size:10pt\" target=\"_blank\" \/><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0070.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0070.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"149\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0070.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin:5px 10px 0px 0px;float:left;display:inline\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0079.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0079.JPG\" border=\"0\" height=\"150\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/IMG_0079.JPG\" width=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div><span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/forum\/#!topic\/indiantreepix\/XrsDQA4zlCE\" target=\"_blank\">Nilgiris: Tree for identification 310813<\/a> : <span>Attachments<\/span> <span>(<span>8<\/span>). 3 posts by 1 author.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><span><\/p>\n<div>Please help me to identify this <font color=\"#ff9900\">slender tree found in shola (evergreen) forests of Nilgiris.<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff0000\">Leaf: 15-20cm long<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff0000\">Flower: 1.5 cm across<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff00ff\">Date: 11 July 2013<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff00ff\">Alt.: 2400 m asl<\/font><\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#ff00ff\">Place: Doddabetta, Nilgiris, TN<\/font><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<div>It looks like some <i>Symplocos<\/i> spp.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>I think this tree is very much like <i>Symplocos obtusa<\/i>, as per the images in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.biotik.org\/india\/species\/s\/sympobtu\/sympobtu_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><font color=\"#0066cc\">BIOTIK<\/font><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<div><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;vertical-align:top\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10pt\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0cm 0cm 0pt;vertical-align:top\"><span style=\"color:rgb(64,64,64);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:9.5pt\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.catalogueoflife.org\/col\/details\/species\/id\/0168912e14dc87364c5c07225cc383fe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Catalogue of life<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theplantlist.org\/tpl1.1\/record\/kew-2578421\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Plant List Ver. 1.1<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ipni.org\/ipni\/idPlantNameSearch.do?id=827220-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.worldfloraonline.org\/taxon\/wfo-0000490919\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">WFO<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/indiabiodiversity.org\/species\/show\/18694\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">India Biodiversity Portal<\/a><span>\u00a0 <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biotik.org\/india\/species\/s\/sympobtu\/sympobtu_en.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Biotik<\/a><span>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/plantillustrations.org\/species.php?id_species=1233580\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">plant illustrations<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/florakarnataka.ces.iisc.ac.in\/hjcb2\/herbsheet.php?id=4194&#038;cat=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Flora of Karnataka<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in\/herbsheet.php?id=9251&#038;cat=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Flora of peninsular India<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/powo.science.kew.org\/taxon\/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:827723-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">POWO<\/a>\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbif.org\/species\/7318835\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">GBIF<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\" face=\"Times New Roman\" size=\"3\"><\/p>\n<p><\/font><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 &#038; Gardn. ex Thw.; Symplocos suborbicularis Abeyw.);\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 India (Nilgiri Hills),&#8230;<\/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}]}}