Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Anacardiaceae | Genus: Drimycarpus | Species: Drimycarpus racemosus (Roxb.) Hook.f. ex Marchand. |
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Fruit |
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| Synonym | Holigarna racemosa Roxburgh | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | April-June |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | July-Sept |
| Altitude | 100-900 m | Fruit Type | Drupe |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruit elliptic, ca. 2 cm in diam |
| Habitat | Occurs in dense lowland forests | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Bhutan, Myanmar, Nepal and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark: dark grey-brown, smooth; middle bark striped dark brown/cream; inner bark pale orange-pink |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Alternate (leaves born singly along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Ovate | ||
| Description of Species | Trees 8-18 m tall branchlets grayish brown, glabrous, striate and lenticellate, petiole 1-2 cm, robust, grooved above | Leaf Details | Leaf blade elliptic to oblong-lanceolate, 20-34 × 5-10 cm, leathery, glabrous on both surfaces, adaxially lucid, abaxially glaucescent, base cuneate to rounded, margin entire, usually crisped, apex acuminate, lateral veins 15-20 pairs, impressed adaxially, prominent abaxially |
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