Canopy trees in medium elevation evergreen forests between 1000 and 1400 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Decussocarpus wallichianus (C. Presl) de Laub. |
| synonym | Nageia blumei (Endl.) Gordon |
| synonym | Nageia latifolia (Wall.) Gordon |
| synonym | Podocarpus agathifolius Blume |
| synonym | Podocarpus blumei Endl. |
| synonym | Podocarpus latifolius Blume |
| synonym | Podocarpus wallichianus C. Presl |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Tall evergreen trees, to 30 m high; bark 0.65 cm, greyish-brown, smooth, molted with brown and white. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 5 mm, short, flat, glabrous; lamina 7.5-17.5 x 2-5 cm, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute; apex acute; margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves many, linear-parallel, close, slender, prominent. Flowers unisexual; male flowers 0.85 cm in 2-5 flowered pedunculate clusters; bracts imbricate; anthers sessile, spirally crowed; scales ovate-acuminate; female flowers solitary; pedicels 1.3 cm; bracts fleshy, forming a peduncle to the fleshy ovuliferous scale to which the ovule is adnate. Seed ovoid, 2.5 cm, seated on fleshy receptacle solitary, subglobose.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Habit
Gymnospermous trees up to 30 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark brownish, irregularly peeled; blaze pinkish.
Leaves
Phyllode opposite or subopposite, decussate, subsessile, glabrous, 10-15 x 3-5 cm, narrow elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, apex narrowly acute, base attenuate, margin entire, nerve many, parallel.
Inflorescence / Flower
Spornagial structures, cone shaped; pollen cones axillary, solitary; seed bearing structures terminal, solitary; stalk ca. 1 cm long.
Fruit and Seed
Seed green, drupe-like, ovoid, seated on fleshy receptacle.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Canopy trees in medium elevation evergreen forests between 1000 and 1400 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Evergreen forests
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Mixed broad-leaved forests, rocky hillsides, roadsides
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Indomalayasia; in the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Global Distribution
India: Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Dehradun; China
Local Distribution
Assam
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Decussocarpus wallichianus (Pers.) Laubenf., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 349. 1969.
- Nageia wallichiana (Pers.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 800. 1891; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 440. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 590. 2005.
- Podocarpus latifolia Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 26. t.30. 1830, non (Thunb.) R.Br. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 649. 1888.
- Podocarpus wallichianus Pers., Bot. Bremek.110. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1393(975). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 487. 1984.
Information Listing > References
- Decussocarpus wallichianus (Pers.) Laubenf., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 349. 1969.
- Nageia wallichiana (Pers.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 800. 1891; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 440. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 590. 2005.
- Podocarpus latifolia Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 26. t.30. 1830, non (Thunb.) R.Br. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 649. 1888.
- Podocarpus wallichianus Pers., Bot. Bremek.110. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1393(975). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 487. 1984.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Pinopsida |
| Order | Pinales |
| Family | Podocarpaceae |
| Genus | Nageia |
| Species | Nageia wallichiana (Presl) Kuntze |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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