Beilschmiedia wightii (Nees) Benth.

Type
Indigenous
Family
Lauraceae
Synonym
Haasia wightii Nees
Local Name
Nagaramaram
Local Name 2
Panthada
Habit
Large sized tree
Botanical Features

Trees, bark 14-16 mm thick, surface brown, smooth; blaze dull yellow with white streak, branchlets glabrous. Leaf-buds elongate, perulate with lanceolate scales. Leaves simple, alternate and opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-25 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 7.5-15 x 2-6.2 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or alternate, apex obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, pinnate, flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, in axillary and terminal, glabrous panicles, fruit a berry 17-18 mm long, ovoid, smooth, purple.