Callicarpa longifolia Lam.

 
  • Family : VERBENACEAE
    (Verbena Or Vervain Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : SAGVAN FAMILY (सागवान फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lamiaceae
  • Synonym(s) : Callicarpa albida Blume; Callicarpa attenuata Wall. ex Walp.; Callicarpa attenuifolia Elmer; Callicarpa blumei Zoll. & Moritzi; Callicarpa horsfieldii Turcz.; Callicarpa japonica var. rhombifolia H.J.Lam; Callicarpa lanceolaria Roxb. ex Hornem.; Callicarpa longifolia var. areolata H.J.Lam; Callicarpa longifolia var. floccosa Schauer; Callicarpa longifolia var. glabrescens Ridl.; Callicarpa longifolia var. horsfieldii (Turcz.) Moldenke; Callicarpa longifolia var. lanceolaria (Roxb. ex Hornem.) C.B.Clarke; Callicarpa minutiflora Y.Y.Qian; Callicarpa nigrescens Merr.; Callicarpa oblongifolia Hassk.; Callicarpa qianyiyongii Li Bing Zhang; Callicarpa rhynchophylla Miq.; Callicarpa roxburghiana Schult. & Schult.f.; Callicarpa tenuiflora Li Bing Zhang & Yi F.Duan
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Callicarpa longifolia Lam.
  • Habit : Shrub or Tree
  • Habitat : In shaded forests
  • Comments / notes : Occasional
  • Flower, Fruit : November-February
  • Distribution :
    • Odisha : Mayurbhanj district
    • Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
    • Sikkim : Sikkim
    • West Bengal : West Bengal
    • Arunachal Pradesh : Tirap
    • Meghalaya : Meghalaya
    • Assam : Assam
    • Nagaland : Nagaland
    • Delhi : Delhi
    • Uttar Pradesh : Uttar Pradesh
    • Punjab : Punjab
    • Mizoram : Mizoram
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
    • Tripura : Tripura
  • Native : India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, China
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : India, Bangladesh, Malaysia, Australia, Indonesia, China
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Literature :
    • Pullaiah et al., 2011 - Flora of Eastern Ghats Vol. 4
    • H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1995- Flora of Orissa Vol. 3
    • H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa
    • G.S Giri., A.Pramanik., H.J. Chowdhery., G.D Pal and S.K. Das (2008). Materials for Arunachal Pradesh, Vol (2), Pg: 259
    • Dash, S. S., & Mao, A. A. (Eds.). (2018). Flowering Plants of India: An Annotated Checklist-Dicotyledons Volume II. Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Callicarpa longifolia
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Callicarpa longifolia. Downloaded on 4 October 2026.

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