Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Tree
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Berrya chinensis Klein ex Willd. |
| synonym | Cylicodaphne sebifera (Willd.) Bl. |
| synonym | Decapenta involucrata (Roxb.) Rafin. |
| synonym | Dodecadenia robusta Zoll. & Moritzi |
| synonym | Glabraria litoralis (Bl.) Miq. |
| synonym | Glabraria tersa L. |
| synonym | Laurus crucifolia Noronha |
| synonym | Laurus involucrata Roxb. |
| synonym | Litsea apetala (Roxb.) R. Br. ex Meisn. |
| synonym | Litsea baracatanensis Elmer |
| synonym | Litsea chinensis Lam. |
| synonym | Litsea citrifolia Juss. |
| synonym | Litsea fruticosa Span. ex Bl. |
| synonym | Litsea geminata Bl. |
| synonym | Litsea glutinosa var. brachyphylla (Hand.-Mazz.) L.C. Wang |
| synonym | Litsea involucrata (Roxb.) M.R.Almeida |
| synonym | Litsea involucrata var. fernandezii M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida |
| synonym | Litsea laevis Juss. |
| synonym | Litsea laurifolia (Jacq.) Kurz |
| synonym | Litsea ligustrina Villar |
| synonym | Litsea multiflora Bl. |
| synonym | Litsea platyphylla Pers. |
| synonym | Litsea sebifera (Willd.) Persoon |
| synonym | Litsea tersa (L.) M.R.Almeida |
| synonym | Litsea undulata Zipp. ex Bl. |
| synonym | Malapoenna glabrata Kuntze |
| synonym | Malapoenna macrantha (Wall.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Malapoenna tersa (L.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Malapoenna undulata Kuntze |
| synonym | Pipalia solitaria Stokes |
| synonym | Sebifera glutinosa Lour. |
| synonym | Tetranthera apetala Roxb. |
| synonym | Tetranthera capitata Roxb. ex Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera citrifolia (Juss.) Spreng. |
| synonym | Tetranthera daradmeda Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
| synonym | Tetranthera fruticosa Roxb. |
| synonym | Tetranthera geminata (Bl.) Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera glabraria Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera hispidula Zipp. ex Bl. |
| synonym | Tetranthera laurifolia Jacq. |
| synonym | Tetranthera litoralis Bl. |
| synonym | Tetranthera macrantha Wall. |
| synonym | Tetranthera multiflora (Bl.) Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera panshia Herb. Buch.-Ham ex Wall. |
| synonym | Tetranthera platyphylla Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera polycephala Wall. ex Meisn. |
| synonym | Tetranthera roxburghii Nees |
| synonym | Tetranthera salicifolia Zoll. ex Meisn. |
| synonym | Tetranthera sebifera (Willd.) Spreng. |
| synonym | Tetranthera tersa (L.) Spreng. |
| synonym | Tetranthera tomentosa Nees |
| synonym | Tomex sebifera Willd. |
| synonym | Tomex tetranthera Willd. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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 |
Dioecious trees, to 10 m high, bark 2-2.5 cm thick, surface brown; branchlets rather slender, stiff, minutely tomentellous towards apex. Leaves simple, pilose when young; lamina 6-23.5 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or obovate, base acute, apex acute, obtuse or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, grey-pubescent beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers unisexual, 5-6 mm across, yellow, in many flowered umbels; peduncles upto 5 mm long, slender, densely pilose; perianth short; tube silky, funnel shaped, segments 0; stamens 9-12, all fertile, in 4 rows; filaments to 2 mm, very hairy; fourth series glandular, glands sessile, orbicular; ovary half inferior, 1 mm long; style 1.5 mm, stigma dilated, irregularly lobed; staminodes 9-12, to 2.5 mm. Fruit a berry, 5-6 mm across, depressed, globose, purple, on flat disc.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Dry Evergreen to Moist Deciduous 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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Deciduous and semi-evergreen 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
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Sindhudurg
Kerala: Kannur, Kasaragod, Kozhikode,Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Dindigul, Kancheepuram, Nilgiri, Theni, Vellore, Virudhunagar
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 |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Palakkad
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
Siddha
Traditional chinese medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1329
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| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Medicinal
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
📚 Information Listing
References
- 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=1329
- Litsea chinensis Lam., Encycl. 3: 574. 1792; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1235(864). 1925.
- Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) Robins., Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 321. 1911; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 251. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 325. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 396. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 692. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 395. 1994.
- Litsea sebifera (Willd.) Pers., Syn. 2: 4. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 157. 1886.
- Sebifera glutinosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 638. 1790.
- Tomex sebifera Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 840. 1799.
- Tetranthera apetala Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 147. 1800.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- 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=1329
- Litsea chinensis Lam., Encycl. 3: 574. 1792; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1235(864). 1925.
- Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) Robins., Philipp. J. Sci. 6: 321. 1911; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 251. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 325. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 396. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 692. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 395. 1994.
- Litsea sebifera (Willd.) Pers., Syn. 2: 4. 1806; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 157. 1886.
- Sebifera glutinosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 638. 1790.
- Tomex sebifera Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 840. 1799.
- Tetranthera apetala Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 147. 1800.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Laurales |
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Genus | Litsea |
| Species | Litsea glutinosa (Lour.) C. B. Rob. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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