| Nothopegia travancorica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Sapindales |
| Family: | Anacardiaceae |
| Genus: | Nothopegia |
| Species: | N. travancorica |
| Binomial name | |
| Nothopegia travancorica Bedd. ex Hook.f. | |
Nothopegia travancorica is a species of plant in the family Anacardiaceae. [1]
Small tree upto 5 m tall, Leaves are simple, alternate, and spirally arranged. Petiole 0.5–1.5 cm long, pubescent and canaliculate. Lamina 7–22 × 2–5 cm, elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate; apex long-acuminate to caudate; base acute; margin undulate and ciliate; texture chartaceous, glaucous beneath. Midrib flat or slightly raised above; secondary veins 20–30 pairs, prominent and nearly parallel; tertiary veins percurrent. Inflorescences are axillary or extra-axillary racemes about 1 cm long; flowers white and polygamous. Fruit a drupe, oblate, ribbed, glabrous, about 0.5 cm across, and 1-seeded. [2]