Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lauraceae | Genus: Persea | Species: Persea bombycina (King ex Hk.f.) |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Machilus gamblei | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Panicle |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | April-June |
| Altitude | Up to 900 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit globose, 7-8 mm in diam., blackish when ripe |
| Habitat | Occurs in temperate, subtropical, and tropical forest | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Nepal, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark blackish brown or brownish |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Trees, to 25 m tall; trunk to 40 cm d.b.h., bark blackish brown or brownish. Branchlets slender, terete, with 3-5 circular scars, young shoots with densely gray-yellow pubescence, becoming glabrate | Leaf Details | Pinnately veined leaves are alternately borne along the stems |
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