Manipur Forest Flora
A Comprehensive Database of Ligneous Plants of Manipur (India)
Designed & Developed by Forest Research Institute, Dehradun
| Family: Lauraceae | Genus: Iteadaphne | Species: Iteadaphne caudata (Nees) H.W. Li |
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| Synonym | Lindera caudata (Nees) Hook. f. | Flower Color | White |
| Common Name | - | Flower Type | Raceme |
| English / Trade Name | - | Flowering Period | Oct-Dec |
| Vernacular /Local Name | - | Fruiting Period | Jan-March |
| Altitude | 700-2300 m | Fruit Type | Follicle |
| Habit | Tree | Fruit Details | Fruits globose, 5-6 mm in diam., black-purple at maturity, inserted on persistent perianth tube with 6 perianth segments |
| Habitat | Occurs in thickets, sparse forests, roadsides and forest margins | Bark Type | Smooth |
| Distribution | India, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam | Bark Details | Bark black-gray |
| Distribution in manipur | Central, Eastern, Jiribam | Origin | Native |
| Leaf Type | Simple | ||
| Leaf Arrangement | Opposite (leaves in pairs along stem) | ||
| Leaf Shape | Elliptic | ||
| Description of Species | Shrubs or small trees 2-12 m t branchlets slender; young branchlets yellow-brown pubescent, becoming glabrous and black-brown when old, thinly longitudinally striate, lenticellate, lenticels oblong,terminal bud ovoid, 2-4 mm | Leaf Details | Leaves alternate petiole 5-13 mm, densely yellow-brown pubescent; leaf blade abaxially nearly glaucous when dry, adaxially brown or green-brown, narrowly ovate or oblong-lanceolate, (4.5-)5-13 × (1.5-)2-4 cm, thinly leathery, densely yellow-brown pubescent on both surfaces but more densely so abaxially when young, glabrate except along midrib when old |
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