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Dodecadenia<\/i> grandiflora<\/i> Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 63 1831<\/i>. (syn: Actinodaphne monantha<\/i> (Yang & P.H. Huang) H.P. Tsui; Laurus macrophylla<\/i> D. Don; Laurus pallens<\/i> Meisn.; Laurus pubescens<\/i> D. Don ex Nees; Litsea grandiflora<\/i> (Nees) Kosterm.; Litsea monantha<\/i> Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang; Tetranthera grandiflora<\/i> Wall.);<\/div>\n
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China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), SE-Tibet, Nepal, Myanmar [Burma] (Chin, Kachin,
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Tree to 15m, shoots with elllipsoid terminal vegetative buds. Leaves coraiceous, elliptic-oblanceolate, 8-11 x 2-3cm, shhortly acuminate, base cuneate, almost glabrous, finely reticulate on both surfaces, lateral veins 7-10 pairs, slender, scarcely prominent; petioles 5-12mm. Flower buds subsessile, globose, scales appressed silky, containing 1-2 large flowers 1.4-1.6cm across. Perianth segments oblong 7-9mm. Fruit c 1.5 x 1cm, reddish, borne on thick woody perianth cup 8-9mm across, on stout pedicel 3-5mm.<\/font><\/span><\/div>\n

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(Attributions- A.C.J Grierson & D.G Long. Flora of Bhutan. Published by RBGE. 1984 from Bhutan Biodiversity Portal<\/font><\/a>)<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Fwd: SK4MAR5-2016:ID 3<\/a> : 6 posts by 2 authors.\u00a0Attachments (1)<\/font>\u00a0 <\/div>\n

Request ID please !
Outskirts of Kathmandy valley !
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The axillary cymes and presence of a cupule subtending the fruits point to the \u00a0family Lauraceae<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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A reply from another thread<\/font><\/a>\u00a0from …:<\/div>\n
… image may be Lindera<\/i>, but it will be risky to assign the species with the available image.<\/font><\/p>\n
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This was posted earlier by … in a mixture, as indicated by …(the last image there).\u00a0 Could it possibly be a Ficus?\u00a0 I do not know.\u00a0 I thought of Lauraceae<\/i> as it appeared to have a short cupule at the base of the fruits but I may be mistaken.\u00a0 If Lauraceae<\/i> then I am unable to suggest even a genus.\u00a0 This would have been Lindera <\/i>but I am not seeing any umbellate formation.\u00a0 I am fully confused.<\/p>\n
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“This should be\u00a0Dodecadenia grandiflora<\/i> Nees.<\/div>\n
These are still flower buds.”<\/div>\n
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Thank you all for the efforts for ID specially to\u00a0…<\/p><\/div>\n

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Dodecadenia grandiflora<\/font>\u00a0<\/i>Nees (accepted name)<\/font><\/span><\/font>
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Nepali Names :\u00a0<\/span>\u0928\u0947\u092a\u093e\u0932\u0940 \u0926\u093e\u0932\u091a\u093f\u0928\u0940 \u00a0Nepalee Daalachinee \u00a0\/ \u0915\u093e\u0909\u0932\u0947 Kaaule \/ \u092a\u0939\u0947\u0902\u0932\u0940 Pahenlee \/ \u092a\u0935\u093e\u0930\u0940 Pawaaree<\/b>\u00a0<\/font><\/font>
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SK424 14MAR-2017:ID<\/a> : 13 posts by 3 authors. Attachments (3)<\/font> <\/div>\n
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Location<\/span><\/font>:\u00a0Gokarna Forest, Kathmandu<\/span>, Nepal<\/span><\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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There is apparently a short cupule at the base of the fruits! If yes then may be a Lauraceae<\/i>.<\/div>\n
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This was posted earlier by … in a mixture, as indicated by … (the last image there).\u00a0Could it possibly be a Ficus<\/i>?\u00a0I do not know. I thought of Lauraceae<\/i> as it appeared to have a short cupule at the base of the fruits but I may be mistaken.\u00a0If Lauraceae<\/i> then I am unable to suggest even a genus.\u00a0This would have been Lindera <\/i>but I am not seeing any umbellate formation.\u00a0I am fully confused.<\/p>\n

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This should be\u00a0Dodecadenia grandiflora<\/i> Nees.<\/p>\n

These are still flower buds.<\/p>\n
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Iden<\/font>tified<\/font><\/font><\/font> as Dodecadenia grandiflora<\/i> Nees by … These are still flower buds as per him.<\/p>\n
No images so far in efi.<\/div>\n
Specimen of this species are available at <\/div>\n
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https:\/\/science.mnhn.fr\/institution\/mnhn\/collection\/p\/item\/p00745305<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.gbif.org\/occurrence\/1099002563<\/font><\/a><\/p>\n
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After seeing the images of the type materials, I fully agree with the determination.<\/p>\n

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<\/font>Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span>The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>IPNI<\/a>
\n\u00a0<\/span>GBIF<\/a> (with type specimen) Flora of China<\/a>\u00a0
\n<\/span>FOC illustration<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Useful Tropical Plants<\/a>\u00a0 <\/font><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dodecadenia grandiflora Nees, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 63 1831. (syn: Actinodaphne monantha (Yang & P.H. Huang) H.P. Tsui; Laurus macrophylla D. Don; Laurus pallens Meisn.; Laurus pubescens D. Don ex Nees; Litsea grandiflora (Nees) Kosterm.; Litsea monantha Yen C. Yang & P.H. Huang; Tetranthera grandiflora Wall.); China (W-Sichuan, NW-Yunnan), SE-Tibet,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7112],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1318663","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-dodecadenia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1318663","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=1318663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1318663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1318663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1318663"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1318663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}