Helicia nilagirica
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram & more
- Flowering
- June-July
How to identify Helicia nilagirica
Identify Helicia nilagirica 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: Found in the Nilgiri hills.
- Confirm leaf margin: Toothed.
- Confirm leaf surface: Glabrous.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: June-July.
- In India, compare location records such as Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Karnataka and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Proteaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Helicia nilagirica.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Helicia nilagirica
- Genus
- Helicia
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests
- Native to
- India
- Found in India
- Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram, Karnataka, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal
- Flowering & fruiting
- June-July
- Conservation status
- Data Deficient (DD)
Leaf characters
- Leaf margin
- ToothedrecordedA saw-like or jagged edge (serrate or dentate).“Leaves range from papery to leathery, as they age they become glabrous, cuneate base with is somewhat decurrent into the petiole, with an entire margin, though sometimes distinctly” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Leaf surface
- GlabrousrecordedSmooth, hairless.“Leaves range from papery to leathery, as they age they become glabrous, cuneate base with is somewhat decurrent into the petiole, with an entire margin, though sometimes distinctly” — Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Helicia nilagirica itself; the rest are typical of the Proteaceae family.
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
- Inflorescence
- Solitary
- Fruit
- Grain
Typical of the Proteaceae family — flowering plants only; individual species can differ.
About Helicia nilagirica
Helicia nilagirica is a tree in the Proteaceae family. In India it has been recorded in Meghalaya, Sikkim, Mizoram and 5 other states. It grows in along river banks in semi-evergreen and Evergreen forests. Flowering and fruiting run from June to July.
Uses
In practice it is long used in traditional medicine, burnt as firewood or charcoal and used to hold soil and restore degraded ground. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
In culture
It is recorded in classical literature.
Proteaceae
Protea/Grevillea family
Helicia nilagirica belongs to the Proteaceae family.
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