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| status = EN<br />
| status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
| status_ref = <ref>{{cite web | title=Litsea kakkachensis: De Kok, R | date=2019 | doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T153299557A153623163.en | url=https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T153299557A153623163.en }}</ref><br />
| genus = Litsea<br />
| species = kakkachensis<br />
| authority = R.Ganesan<br />
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'''''Litsea kakkachensis''''' is an [[Endangered species|endangered]] species of plant endemic to India.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal |last=Ganesan |first=R |title=Litsea kakkachensis (Lauraceae) – A new species from Agasthyamalai, Western Ghats, India. |url=https://archived.atree.org/sites/default/files/ja_2012_23_0.pdf |journal=Rheedea |volume=21 |issue=2 |pages=143–146}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Litsea kakkachensis R.Ganesan |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/8175728 |access-date=2025-07-24 |website=www.gbif.org |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite report |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/153299557/153623163 |title=Litsea kakkachensis: de Kok, R.: The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022: e.T153299557A153623163 |last=IUCN |date=2019-10-28 |publisher=International Union for Conservation of Nature |doi=10.2305/iucn.uk.2022-1.rlts.t153299557a153623163.en |language=en}}</ref><br />
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== Etymology ==<br />
This species was named after Kakkachi forest, part of the [[Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve]] in [[Tamil Nadu]], where it was discovered and described. It was initially collected by [[Richard Henry Beddome|R.H.Beddome]] and deposited in the [[Natural History Museum, London]] in 1887 with location details and remained unidentified.<ref name=":0" /> <br />
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== Description ==<br />
This plant grows as shrubs or small trees growing up to 3 meters high. The bark of older trees is papery and reddish brown. The leaves are alternate with bluish color underneath when fresh turning into brown after drying. The red colored fleshy [[ellipsoid]] shaped fruits were seen dispersed by birds. <br />
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== Ecology ==<br />
This species of plants were found only in et evergreen forests of [[Courtallam|Courtallum]] and Kakkachi areas of Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve at an elevation of 900 to 1200 metres. Unlike other Lisea species around that area this plant flower twice an year- April-May and September-October.<br />
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== Threats and conservation ==<br />
Deforestation and habitat loss due to land conversions were identified as threats for this species.<ref name=":1" /> <br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Litsea|kakkachensis]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Western Ghats]]<br />
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