Understorey trees in evergreen forests, up to 1400 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Actinodaphne areolata Bl. |
| synonym | Actinodaphne heterophylla Bl. |
| synonym | Jozoste angustifolia (Bl.) Kuntze |
| synonym | Jozoste heterophylla Kuntze |
| synonym | Litsea angustifolia Bl. |
| synonym | Tetranthera angustifolia (Bl.) Wall. |
| synonym | Tetranthera caduca Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
| synonym | Tetranthera verticillata Wall. ex Meisn. |
🗒 Common Names
| Assamese |
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📚 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
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Leaves clustered at twig ends
Habit
Trees up to 10 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark smooth
Branches and Branchlets
Young branchlets terete, rusty tomentose.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, subverticilate; petiole to 2.5 cm long, terete, rusty tomentose; lamina 12-27 x 4-6.5 cm, narrow-elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base cuneate to acute, margin undulate, chartaceous, glaucous, fulvous tomentose when young, later glabrous except midrib beneath; midrib raised; secondary nerves 7-10 pairs; tertiary nerves nearly closely and horizontally percurrent, not prominent.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers unisexual, dioecious; female flowers in umbels on short peduncle.
Fruit and Seed
Berry, globose, to 1 cm across; 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 |
No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey trees in evergreen forests, up to 1400 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 |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Endemic to the Western Ghats- Central and south Maharashtra 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: Assam, Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Central India, Peninsular India
Local Distribution
Throughout Assam
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=3288
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3288 |
| 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=3288
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=3288
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Journal of Threatened TaxaA checklist of bird communities In Tamhini Wildlife Sanctuary, the northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaRapid assessment of sacred groves: a biodiversity assessment tool for ground level practitioners
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Journal of Threatened TaxaStructural and compositional variations in undisturbed and disturbed tropical forests of Bhuban hills in south Assam, India
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Dr. Nepolion BorahTree Species Composition, Diversity, and Regeneration Patterns in Undisturbed and Disturbed Forests of Barak Valley, South Assam, India
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Dr. Nepolion BorahNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Laurales |
| Family | Lauraceae |
| Genus | Actinodaphne |
| Species | Actinodaphne angustifolia (Bl.) Nees |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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