{"id":1503121,"date":"2024-02-08T12:10:29","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T06:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1503121"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:08:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:38:26","slug":"ligustrum-minii","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/ligustrum-minii\/","title":{"rendered":"Ligustrum minii"},"content":{"rendered":"
Ligustrum minii<\/i> Raizada, in M.B.Raizada & H.O.Saxena, Fl. Mussoorie 1: 425 (1978)<\/em> (syn: Ligustrum gamblei<\/em>\u00a0Ramamoorthy<\/a>\u00a0in\u00a0C.J.Saldanha & D.H. Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Distr.: 513 (1976), nom. superfl.; <\/span>Ligustrum roxburghii<\/em>\u00a0C.B.Clarke<\/a>); Habit:\u00a0Small trees up to 5 m tall.<\/span>
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\nS. India<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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\nTrunk & Bark:\u00a0Bark lenticellate.<\/span>
\nBranches and branchlets:\u00a0Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent, lenticellate<\/span>
\nLeaves:\u00a0Leaves simple, opposite, distichous, sometimes subopposite; petiole 0.6-1.3 cm long, canaliculate; lamina 5.5-11 x 3-4 cm, lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate, apex gradually tapering to acuminate with mucronate tip, base attenuate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves 5-9 pairs, slender; tertiary nerves obscure.<\/span>
\nInflorescence \/ Flower:\u00a0Inflorescence terminal thyrsoid panicles, pubescent, up to 20 cm long; flowers white, fragrant.<\/span>
\nFruit and Seed:\u00a0Drupe, oblong, ca. 1 cm long, dark purple; seeds 1-3.<\/span>
\nAlong margin of evergreen to semi-evergreen forests up to 1800 m.<\/span>
\nEndemic to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.<\/span>
\n(Attributions: B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry as per India Biodiversity Portal<\/a>)
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\nOleaceae: Ligustrum minii Raizada<\/a>: 1 image.
\nsynonym: Ligustrum gamblei<\/em> Ramamoorthy
\nlocation\/date: University of Agricultural Sciences campus, Bangalore, July 1997<\/span><\/p>\n
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