Cryptocarya wightiana
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra
- Flowering
- March-September
How to identify Cryptocarya wightiana
Identify Cryptocarya wightiana 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.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous (smooth, hairless).
- Confirm fruit type: Drupe.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-September.
- In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Maharashtra.
- Confirm it sits within the Lauraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Cryptocarya wightiana.
Plant Details
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cryptocarya wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Lauraceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Fruit type
- DruperecordedA fleshy fruit with a single hard stone/pit enclosing the seed.“== Fruits == Purplish black, globosa, smooth, shining drupe.” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Actinomorphic (radially symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Panicle
- Fruit
- Drupe
Characters marked “recorded” are for Cryptocarya wightiana itself; the rest are typical of the Lauraceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Malayalam
- കുടമാൻപാരിമരം
About Cryptocarya wightiana
Cryptocarya wightiana belongs to the Lauraceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It grows in evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to September.
Lauraceae
Laurel/Cinnamon family
Cryptocarya wightiana belongs to the Lauraceae family.
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