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Division |
Angiosperms |
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Class |
Dicotledons |
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Subclass |
Apetalae |
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Order |
Laurales |
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Family |
Lauraceae |
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Genus |
Beilschmiedia |
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Species |
roxburghiana |
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Etymology: |
In the honour of German Botanist Dr. Beilschmied. |
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Botanical name: |
Beilschmiedia roxburghiana Nees |
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Local/Trade names: |
Serai-guti |
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Conservation status: |
Wild in North-east India . Cultivated in Forest Research Institute, Dehra Dun. |
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Digonestic features: |
Fruit dark purple when ripe. |
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Description: |
A medium-sized evergreen tree. Bark nearly white to grey or greyish-brown. Leaves crowded at the end of the branches, 7.5-17 x 2-5 cm, oblong to elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, shortly acuminate, narrowed at the base. Flowers 6 mm across, yellowish-green in panicles or racemes. Fruit baccate, 2-3.5 cm long, obovoid-oblong, dark purple when ripe. |
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Phenology: |
Fls.: March-May. Frts.: July-August. |
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Distribution: |
North-east India. Myanmar. |
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Where to see it: |
Gate No. 2. |
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Uses: |
Wood used for boats and tea-boxes. |