Skip to content
Login
India Biodiversity Portal
India Biodiversity Portal
SpeciesMapsDocuments

Symplocos cochinchinensis ssp. laurina

Accepted
Symplocos cochinchinensis ssp. laurina
Symplocos cochinchinensis ssp. laurina
Symplocos cochinchinensis ssp. laurina
/6d72cf6c-186a-44aa-9b79-c3aec5e8e93c/249.JPG
/6d72cf6c-186a-44aa-9b79-c3aec5e8e93c/560.JPG
/6d72cf6c-186a-44aa-9b79-c3aec5e8e93c/906.JPG
🗒 Synonyms
synonymMyrtus laurina Retz.
synonymSymplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) Moore subsp. laurina (Retz.) Nooteb.
synonymSymplocos spicata Roxb.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Chunga
Malayalam
  • Kamblivetti
  • Pachotti
  • Pambari
  • Parala
Other
  • Kambli-Vetti
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
Contributors
D. Narasimhan
StatusUNDER_CREATION
LicensesCC_BY
References
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Tree
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
    References
      Evergreen trees, to 15 m high, bark light grey, thin, smooth; blaze creamy white. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-15 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 5.5-15 x 2.5-6 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base acute to attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin crenate-serrate, revolute, glabrous, yellow when dry, coriaceous or chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, glabrous; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary simple or branched spikes, 7 cm long, pubescent; bracts solitary at the base of each pedicel; bracteoles early cauducous; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, minute, lobes 1 mm, triangular; corolla 1 cm across, lobes 5, ovate, 3 mm, recurved; stamens many, equal, arranged in 5 group; ovary 1 mm, inferior, globose 2-3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle; style 5 mm, simple; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 8 mm across, glabrous, ampulliform, globose ribbed, purple crowned by calyx lobes; seeds 1-3, oblong.
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      Contributors
      StatusUNDER_CREATION
      LicensesCC_BY
      References
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-May
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors
          StatusUNDER_CREATION
          LicensesCC_BY
          References
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            General Habitat
            Evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
            References
              Description
              Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Salem, Theni, Tirunelveli
              G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
              Contributors
              StatusUNDER_CREATION
              LicensesCC_BY
              References
                Global Distribution

                Indo-Malesia and China

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                Contributors
                StatusUNDER_CREATION
                LicensesCC_BY
                References
                  No Data
                  📚 Occurrence
                  No Data
                  📚 Uses and Management
                  Uses
                  Medicinal
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors
                  StatusUNDER_CREATION
                  LicensesCC_BY
                  References
                    No Data
                    📚 Information Listing
                    References
                    1. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. malasica Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    2. Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) Moore ssp. laurina (Retz.) Nooteb., Rev. Symplocac. 156. 1975 & in Dassan & Fosb., Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 458. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 169. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 266. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 234. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 271. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 281. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 209. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33, 38; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 272. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 195. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 72. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 233. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 183. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 359. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 183. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 419. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 300. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 412. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 503. 2009.
                    3. Symplocos spicata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 542. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    4. Drupatris cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 314. 1790.
                    5. Myrtus laurina Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 26. 1786.
                    6. Symplocos laurina (Retz.) Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 3. 1837-1838.
                    7. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. attenuata (A.DC.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    8. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. laurina (Retz.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 782(549). 1921.
                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    Information Listing > References
                    1. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. malasica Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    2. Symplocos cochinchinensis (Lour.) Moore ssp. laurina (Retz.) Nooteb., Rev. Symplocac. 156. 1975 & in Dassan & Fosb., Rev. Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 458. 1981; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 169. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 266. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 234. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 271. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 281. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 209. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33, 38; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 272. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 195. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 72. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 233. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 183. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 359. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 183. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 419. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 300. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 412. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 503. 2009.
                    3. Symplocos spicata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 542. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    4. Drupatris cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 314. 1790.
                    5. Myrtus laurina Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 26. 1786.
                    6. Symplocos laurina (Retz.) Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 3. 1837-1838.
                    7. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. attenuata (A.DC.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882.
                    8. Symplocos spicata Roxb. var. laurina (Retz.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 573. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 782(549). 1921.
                    9. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                    No Data
                    📚 Meta data
                    🐾 Taxonomy
                    📊 Temporal Distribution
                    📷 Related Observations
                    👥 Groups
                    India Biodiversity PortalIndia Biodiversity Portal
                    Powered byBiodiversity Informatics Platform - v4.2.1
                    Technology PartnerStrand Life Sciences