Nothaphoebe umbelliflora (Blume) Blume

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lauraceae
  • Synonym(s) : Alseodaphne umbelliflora Hook.f.; Ocotea umbelliflora Blume; Phoebe umbelliflora Nees; Aiouea malabonga Blanco; Alseodaphne malabonga Kosterm.; Dehaasia nitida Meisn.; Euphoebe umbelliflora Blume ex Meisn.; Nothaphoebe malabonga Merr.; Mastixia cuneata Blume
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Nothaphoebe umbelliflora (Blume) Blume
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Tree, branches rather stout, leafy, brak dark colored; Leaves scattered, texture very coriaceous, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute, 4–6 × 1–2 inches, surface shining, very dark brown above, reddish-brown beneath, petiole about 1-1.5 inches long; Inflorescence panicles, 1-2 inches long, shortly peduncled, surface faintly rusty-hoary; Flowers globose, about â…› inch in diameter, glabrous, shortly pedicelled, perianth lobes nearly glabrous inside, outer lobes about half as long as inner lobes, stamens very short, anther broad; Fruit oblong, about 1 inch long, apex rounded, much longer than the short, cylindrical pedicel, pedicel about 0.5 inch, woody.
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  • Native : Borneo, Cambodia, India, Jawa, Laos, Lesser Sunda Islands, Malaya, Maluku, New Guinea, Nicobar Islands, Philippines, Sulawesi, Sumatera, Thailand, Vietnam
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Indo-China to New Guinea
  • Literature :
    • 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=Nothaphoebe umbelliflora
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Nothaphoebe umbelliflora. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

Distribution District wise

India Distribution

World Distribution
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