Dear all, i hope the plant in the attached photo is ** *Taxonomy* Current name: *Litsea glutinosa* Authority: (Lour.) C.B. Robinson Family: Lauraceae
*Synonym(s)* Litsea chinensis Lamk Litsea geminata Blume Litsea glabraria A.L. Juss. Litsea tetranthera (Willd.) Pers. *Botanic description *A small to medium-sized tree up to 20 m tall, bole straight or curved, up to 60 cm in diameter, not buttressed, bark surface greyish-brown, inner bark yellowish. Leaves arranged spirally, 10-30 cm x 3-13.5 cm, blunt or rounded, hairy on main veins above, yellowish hairy below, midrib raised or flattened above, with 6-11 pairs of secondary veins which are not sunken above, tertiary venation prominent below, petiole 1-3.5 cm long. Flowers in umbellules arranged in racemes on a 0.7-2.5 cm long peduncle, with 0-3 tepals and 9-15 stamens. Fruit depressed globose or globose, 1-2.5 cm across. Several varieties have been distinguished, but their status is uncertain. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 10:28 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote: > Forwarding again for Id confirmation or otherwise please. > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Muthu Karthick <[email protected]> > Date: 16 February 2010 16:26 > Subject: [efloraofindia:27775] Litsea for id 160210MK1 > To: indiantreepix <[email protected]> > > > Hi all, > This Lauraceae tree was photographed on May month of 2007 at IIT-Madras > campus. > I could not find out the fruits. > Tree ranges 10m high. > What is this *Litsea* sp.? Experts please help. > Could this be *L. glutinosa*? > > -- > Muthu Karthick, N > Junior Research Fellow > Care Earth Trust > Chennai - 61 > www.careearthtrust.org > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg ([email protected]) > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > Image Resource of more than a thousand species of Birds, Butterflies, > Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): > http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg > For learning about Indian Flora, visit/ join Google e-group- Efloraofindia: > http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "efloraofindia" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<indiantreepix%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en. > -- Tanay Bose +91(033) 25550676 (Resi) 9830439691(Mobile) 9674221362 (Mobile) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix?hl=en.
