Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites, Enum. Pl. Zeyl.: 191 (1860) (syn: Cameraria zeylanica Retz. ; Gynopogon lanceolatus Kurz ; Hunteria africana K.Schum. ; Hunteria corymbosa Roxb. ; Hunteria corymbosa var. roxburghiana (Wight) Trimen ex Gamble ; Hunteria corymbosa var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Hallier f. ; Hunteria corymbosa var. zeylanica (Retz.) Hallier f.; Hunteria lanceolata Wall. ex A.DC. ; Hunteria legocii Livera ; Hunteria roxburghiana Wight ; Hunteria zeylanica var. africana (K.Schum.) Pichon ; Hunteria zeylanica var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Pichon ; Tabernaemontana parviflora B.Heyne ex Wall. ; Tabernaemontana salicifolia Wall. ex A.DC. );
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Somalia to Mozambique, India to W. Malesia: Andaman Is., Cambodia, Hainan, India, Kenya, Laos, Malaya, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nicobar Is., Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sumatera, Tanzania, Thailand, Vietnam as per POWO;
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Small evergreen trees 8-12 m height; bark 8-13 mm thick, yellowish-grey, with lenticular tubercles; latex milky white, scanty; young shoots, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-17 mm, glabrous, slender, grooved above; lamina 8-15 x 2-6, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate; base acute, obtuse or rounded; apex acuminate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves many, slender, glabrous, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, pale yellow, in terminal or axillary cymes; calyx lobes 5, small, 1.5 mm long, eglandular; corolla slaver shaped, lobes creamy white, acuminate, tube 0.8 mm long; stamens 5, inserted at the dilation of the tube, anthers lanceolate, apiculate; disc absent; carpels 2, free, ovules 2-4 in each cell. Fruit of 2 fleshy berries, 3 cm long, yellow; seed 1 or 2, ovoid.
Flowering and fruiting: February-June
Evergreen forests
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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535 ID wild tree: 14 high res. images.
Please ID wild tree,
Location: bloomed near Vannappuram Thodupuzha Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 1500fsl
Flower date: 24FEB2024, 04.40pm
Habitat: wild moisture evergreen misty sloppy canopied alpine
Plant habit: tree, erect branches, branchlets, hard woody cylindrical stem 15 inches base circumference, rough brownish bark, latex
Height: 04 meters
Leaves: opposite elongate acute simple glossy flexible, size upto: 12×5cm
Flower: terminally bunches inflorescence, clustered diameter:11mm, white, good fragrance
Fruit:
Seed:
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Yes, it is Hunteria zeylanica dear Viplav ji, thank you very much for ID my tree, only one tree growing there.
The wilt flowers are remains there, so they also included!
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References:
POWO Catalogue of Life GBIF (High resolution specimens) Flora of China FOC illustration Flora of Sri Lanka Flora of peninsular India India Flora Online India Biodiversity Portal Biotik Wikipedia Useful Tropical Plants Globinmed
