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Huliyaani / Shining Eurya

Eurya nitida

Tree
Habit
Tree
Found in India
Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh
Flowering
March-December

How to identify Huliyaani

Identify Huliyaani 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: Glossy leathery leaves.
  • In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: March-December.
  • In India, compare location records such as Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh.
  • Confirm it sits within the Theaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Huliyaani.

Plant Details

Scientific name
Eurya nitida
Genus
Eurya
Family
Theaceae
Habit
Tree
Habitat
Margins of grasslands and shola forests
Habitat type
Forest, Grassland
Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Found in India
Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh
Flowering & fruiting
March-December
Conservation status
Not Evaluated (NE)

Leaf characters

Arrangement
Alternate
Simple type leaf character
Type
Simple
Toothed margin leaf character
Margin
Toothed

Typical of the Theaceae family — a field-mark hint, not measured for this exact species.

Flower & fruit characters

Fruit
Capsule

Typical of the Theaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.

Local Names

Kannada
ಹುಲಿಯಾನಿ Huliyaani, ಹುಲುನಿ Huluni

About Huliyaani

Shining Eurya (Eurya nitida) is a tree in the Theaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu and Arunachal Pradesh. It grows in margins of grasslands and shola forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to December.

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Botanical family

Theaceae

Tea Family

Huliyaani belongs to the Theaceae family.

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