Actinodaphne bourdillonii

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Actinodaphne bourdillonii
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Actinodaphne
Species:
A. bourdillonii
Binomial name
Actinodaphne bourdillonii

Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a species of the genus Actinodaphne of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, commonly called the malavirinji, eeyoli, and Pisa. [2] It is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats (South Sahyadri and Palakkad Hills). Its general habitat is shola and montane evergreen forests from 600 to 2,000 metres elevation. [2] [1]

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Description

Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a tree up to 10 m tall. Branches and young branchlets are terete, fulvous tomentose. Leaves are simple, alternate, spiral, and subverticilate. Fruits are a black berry; containing a single seed inside the fruit. The flowering and fruiting season is from April to March. [3]

Seed contains 48.4% fat. 96% of this fat is trilaurin. It also contains louric acid.

References

  1. 1 2 de Kok, R. (2020). "Actinodaphne bourdillonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T157146907A157563381. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T157146907A157563381.en . Retrieved 5 May 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  3. ↑ "Actinodaphne bourdillonii - LAURACEAE". www.biotik.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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