Category: N

Nothopegia racemosa Description: Small trees, up to 7 m tall; branches glabrous. Leaves variable in shape, obovate, oblanceolate, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, 15-19×4-5.5 cm, acute or cuneate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, puberulous beneath, coriaceous; main nerves about 24 pairs; petioles 1.5 – 2 cm long. Flowers in 2 – 4 cm long rusty pubescent…

Nothopegia beddomei Gamble (ANACARDIACEAE) Description: The trees can grow up to 15 meters in height. The leaves are simple, alternate, lanceolate, or oblanceolate, measuring 9.5-14 x 2.5-5.5 cm. They are caudate-acuminate, puberulous beneath, and thinly coriaceous. There are approximately 20 pairs of main nerves, and the petioles are 0.8-1.0 cm long. Flowers in 2.5 –…

Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. (ICACINACEAE) Common namesKannada: Durvasane mara, Hedara, Kodsa.Tamil: Arali.Telugu: Arali, Chorla. Description: The trees reach heights of up to 10 meters. The leaves are arranged alternately, ovate-oblong, or elliptic-oblong, with dimensions of up to 27 x 10 cm. They have an acute or rounded and uneven base, and the apex is acute…

Neolitsea foliosa Description: Evergreen trees, 10-12 m tall. Leaves in whorls, ovate or lanceolate,ca 17×7.5 cm, acuminate at apex, papery or leathery, whitish or cream when young, subcoriaceous, glabrous; nerves from midribs 2-3 pairs, faint; petioles prominent. Flowers in umbels, brownish yellow, dioecious. Perianth lobes 4, silky-hairy without. Stamens 6, outer eglandular, inner glandular; pistillode…