Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lauraceae | Genus: Phoebe | Species: Phoebe lanceolata Nees |
Habit |
Leaf |
Flower |
Fruit |
Bark |
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| Synonym | Laurus lanceolaria | Flower Color | Yellow - Orange |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Solitary |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Jan-March |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | Up to 1000 m | Fruit Type | Berry |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit is a berry-like, 0.8-1.2 by 0.6-0.8 cm in diameter, glossy black when ripen |
| Habitat | Commonly occurs in evergreen, semi-evergreen, in moist open forests and moist secondary forest | Bark Type | Fissured |
| Distribution | India,Bhutan, Burma Malaysia, Nepal, Pakistan, Thailand (Northern) and Laos | Bark Details | Bark deeply fissured, grey- brown, inner bark brown-reddish or orange-yellow |
| Distribution in manipur | Origin | Native | |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Evergreen trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, smooth, bark yellowish-white or grey, smooth with shallow fissures, exfoliating in thick flakes, fibrous; blaze brown | Leaf Details | Leaves simple alternate, spiral and clustered at the end of twigs, 10-25 by 2-8 cm |
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