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 present. There are six staminodes in pistillate flowers. The ovary is ovoid, with a thick style and a peltate stigma. The fruit is a globose berry, approximately 6 mm across, and the fruiting perianth has a petal-like appearance, remaining entire. Each fruit contains a solitary seed.
Flowering & Fruiting : October – April.
Distribution: India – Western Ghats and hills of Deccan. Malaysia.
