Phoebe nicobarica Rasingam, L.J.Singh & Karthig.

 
  • Family : LAURACEAE
    (Laurel Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : DALCHINI FAMILY (दालचीनी फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System IV) : Lauraceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Phoebe nicobarica Rasingam, L.J.Singh & Karthig.
  • Habit : Tree
  • Key identification features : Evergreen tree, up to 12 m tall; Branchlets reddish-brown, terete to sub-terete, pubescent when young, glabrescent on maturity; Leaves simple or alternate, crowded at tip, obovate, occasionally elliptic, 13-29 × 5.5-12 cm, base cuneate to acute, apex acuminate, margins entire, glabrous above, white glaucous, pubescent beneath, petioles canaliculate, 1.5-2.2 cm long, reddish-brown, swollen at base, glabrous; Infructescences axillary panicles, reddish-brown, up to 28 cm long, branched, glabrous to sub-glabrous; Peduncles up to 22 cm long, terete; Tepals persistent in fruit, appressed to the berry, outer tepals about 5 mm long, oblong-elliptic, obtusely acute at apex, overlapping, forming a cup, faintly 3-nerved, puberulous, ciliate along margin, inner ones slightly bigger than the outer, broadly ovate, obtusely acute at apex; Fruiting pedicels about 1 cm long, wrinkled, thickened; Fruit berry, globose to sub globose, 0.5-1.2 × 1 cm, flat at the top, glabrous.
  • Flower, Fruit : July
  • Distribution :
    • Andaman and Nicobar Islands : Great Nicobar Island
  • Native : Nicobar Islands, India
  • Exotic/Native : Native
  • World Distribution : Nicobar Islands, India
  • Literature :
    • K. Karthigeyan, R. P. Pandey, & A. A. Mao (Eds.). (2023). Flora of Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Vol. 2). Director, Botanical Survey of India.
  • Read more :
  • Permalink : https://indiatrees-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Phoebe nicobarica
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2026). India Trees and Vegetation Types. Phoebe nicobarica. Downloaded on 3 October 2026.

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