{"id":1502817,"date":"2024-02-03T12:12:27","date_gmt":"2024-02-03T06:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1502817"},"modified":"2025-01-12T15:37:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-12T10:07:57","slug":"anacolosa-densiflora","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/anacolosa-densiflora\/","title":{"rendered":"Anacolosa densiflora"},"content":{"rendered":"

Endangered<\/span> as per Wikipedia<\/a>
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\nAnacolosa densiflora\u00a0<\/i>Bedd, Madras J. Lit. Sci., ser. 3, 1: 38 (1864)<\/em> ;
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\nSW. India<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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Lofty trees, to 25 m high, bole straight;<\/span> bark 12-14 mm thick, mottled with yellow brown and white, smooth; blaze pink. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-15 x 3.7-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-acuminate or oblong-lanceolate, base attenuate, cuneate, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous glabrous; lateral nerves 4-5 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, 10-12 x 10-12 mm, white, fragrant, in axillary cymes; pedicel 5 mm long; calyx cupular, 5-6 toothed, not accrescent; petals 5-6, 6 x 1, puberulus outside, densely tomentose within; stamens 5-6, opposite to the petals at their base; filaments slender; anthers very small, globose, basifixed, the 2 cells dehiscing longitudinally; disc cup shaped, surrounding the base of the ovary; ovary superior, 1-celled, ovules 2-3, pendulous; style conical, stigma shortly lobed. Fruit a drupe, 10 x 15-18 mm, globose, surrounded by accrescent disc; stone crustaceous; seed pendulous.<\/span>
\nFlowering and fruiting: September-June<\/span>
\nEvergreen forests<\/span>
\nSouthern Western Ghats<\/span>
\n(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\n525 ID wild tree<\/a>: 19 high res. images.
\nPlease ID wild tree,
\nLocation: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA<\/span>
\nAltitude: 1500fsl<\/span>
\nFlower date: 15JAN2024, 04.40pm<\/span>
\nHabitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine <\/span>
\nPlant habit: tree, erect branches, dark greenish branchlets, hard woody cylindrical stem 20 inches base circumference, smooth greenish bark<\/span>
\nHeight: 07 meters<\/span>
\nLeaves: alternate elliptic acute simple smooth glossy size upto: 12\u00d76cm, strange smelling and tasting<\/span>
\nFlower: bunches of buds in axils of both branches and branchlets, clustered, diameter: 04mm, green, non fragrant<\/span>
\nFruit:
\nSeed:
\nCamera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x<\/p>\n

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Anacolosa densiflora<\/em>? Olacaceae<\/em><\/p>\n

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Strombosia ceylanica<\/em><\/p>\n

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Yes, it is Strombosia ceylanica<\/em> dear …, thank you very much for ID my tree<\/p>\n

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I think it appears more close to images of Anacolosa densiflora<\/em> as suggested by … as per
\nGBIF<\/a>\u00a0specimens\u00a0(one<\/a>,\u00a0two<\/a>),\u00a0POWO<\/a>\u00a0specimen<\/a>,\u00a0Illustration<\/a>
\nSee references for\u00a0Strombosia ceylanica:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0GBIF<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0BSI Flora of India<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Flora of peninsular India<\/a>\u00a0Flickr<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Biotik<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Wikipedia<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Wikimedia Commons<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Useful Tropical Plants<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0iNaturalist<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0Asian Plant<\/a><\/p>\n

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It would be ideal if … can follow up with some pictures of the mature fruit for further clarity.<\/p>\n

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Ok, I will check<\/p>\n

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I will accept your final decision on this tree<\/p>\n

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\nAnacolosa densiflora ID# 525<\/a>: 8 high res. images.
\nSharing flower images<\/p>\n

Location: same location, same tree<\/span><\/div>\n
Flower: axillary buds densely clustered in twigs diameter: 05mm, white, fragrant<\/span><\/div>\n
Date:20DEC2024, 04.20pm<\/span><\/p>\n
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References:
\nPOWO<\/a>\u00a0 specimen<\/a>\u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> specimens\u00a0(one<\/a>,\u00a0two<\/a>) (High resolution specimens) Flora of peninsular India<\/a> \u00a0India Flora Online<\/a>\u00a0 India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>\u00a0 Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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