Rare understorey trees in evergreen forests, between 900 and 1600 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Laurus camphorata Buch.-Ham. ex Nees |
| synonym | Laurus lanceolaria (Nees) Roxb. |
| synonym | Laurus lanceolata Wall. ex Nees |
| synonym | Laurus ligustrina Wall. ex Nees |
| synonym | Laurus salicifolia Buch.-Ham. ex Nees |
| synonym | Ocotea lanceolaria Voigt |
| synonym | Ocotea lanceolata Wall. ex Nees |
| synonym | Persea lanceolata (Nees) Oliv. |
🗒 Common Names
| No Data |
📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Evergreen trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, smooth, bark yellowish-white or grey, smooth with shallow fissures, exfoliating in thick flakes, fibrous; blaze brown. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate, clustered at the tip of branchlets; petiole 5-20 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 8-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, lanceolate, elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblanceolate, base cuneate, apex long acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-13 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers bisexual, 2-5 mm across, yellowish-green, in axillary, slender panicles; perianth tube short; lobes 6, ovate, tomentose, unequal, accrescent; stamens 9 perfect, in 3 rows, those of first and second row introrse, eglandular, those of third row extrorse with 2 large stipitate glands at base; staminodes of row 4 stipitate, cordate; anthers 4-celled; ovary half inferior, sessile, globose, pubescent; style slender; stigma discoid. Fruit a drupe, 10-12 mm long, ovoid or ellipsoid, glabrous, black; supported by erect perianth lobes.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Leaves clustered at twig ends
Flower insertion
Leaf lower side
Leaf upper side
Habit
Trees up to 8 m tall.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets terete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 0.3-2 cm long; lamina 7.5-20 x 1.7-6.5 cm, narrow elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate to caudate, base narrowly attenuate, glabrous, glaucous beneath; midrib slightly raised above; secondary nerves 9-13 pairs, slender; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.
Inflorescence / Flower
Inflorescence axillary or subterminal slender panicles, to 10 cm long; usually bisexual or rarely polygamous; perianth yellow; anthers 4 celled.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, ellipsoid, black, 1.3 cm long; seeds 1.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Rare understorey trees in evergreen forests, between 900 and 1600 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in secondary forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya; Myanmar
Local Distribution
Kamrup, Sivasagar, Nagaon, Darrang, Dima Hasao, Goalpara
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
India and Myanmar; in the Western Ghats- rare in South and Central Sahyadris.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India and Myanmar
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7480
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7480 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Phoebe lanceolata Nees, Syst. Laurin. 109. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 141. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1228(860). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 398. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 407. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 384. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 353. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 272. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 704. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7480
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
Information Listing > References
- Phoebe lanceolata Nees, Syst. Laurin. 109. 1836; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 141. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1228(860). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 398. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 407. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 384. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 353. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 272. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 704. 2009.
- D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7480
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Laurales |
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Genus | Phoebe |
| Species | Phoebe lanceolata (Nees) Nees |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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