| Actinodaphne bourdillonii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Species: | Template:Taxonomy/ActinodaphneA. bourdillonii
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| Template:Taxonomy/ActinodaphneActinodaphne bourdillonii | |
Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a species of the genus Actinodaphne of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, commonly called the malavirinji, eeyoli, and pisa. [1] Its general habitat is shola and evergreen forests. It is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats (South Sahyadri and Palakkad Hills).[1]
Description
Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a tree up to 10 m tall. Branches and young branchlets are terete, fulvous tomentose. Leaves are simple, alternate, spiral, and subverticilate. Fruits are a black berry; a single seed is seen inside the fruit. Flowering and fruiting season is from April to March.[2]
Seed contains 48.4% fat. 96% of this fat is trilaurin. It also contains louric acid.
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ↑ "Actinodaphne bourdillonii - LAURACEAE". www.biotik.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-01-26.