Nagaramaram / Ceylon Purplenut
Beilschmiedia wightii
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu
- Flowering
- January-February
How to identify Nagaramaram
Identify Nagaramaram by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a tree habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Purple-black fruit.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: January-February.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu.
- Confirm it sits within the Lauraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Nagaramaram.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Nagaramaram itself; the rest are typical of the Lauraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Typical of the Lauraceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- Nagaramaram, Panthada
About Nagaramaram
Ceylon Purplenut (Beilschmiedia wightii) is a tree in the Lauraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu. It grows in evergreen, semi-evergreen and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from January to February.
Lauraceae
Laurel/Cinnamon family
Nagaramaram belongs to the Lauraceae family.
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