Maidalakri / Bolly Beech
Litsea glutinosa
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal & more
- Flowering
- Throughout the year
How to identify Maidalakri
Identify Maidalakri 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: Sticky mucilaginous inner bark.
- Confirm leaf surface: Pubescent (softly hairy).
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: Throughout the year.
- In India, compare location records such as Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Assam and nearby regions.
- Confirm it sits within the Lauraceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Maidalakri.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Litsea glutinosa
- Genus
- Litsea
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Sri Lanka, Himalayas, Myanmar, Indo-China, Malaysia, China
- Found in India
- Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Puducherry, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh
- Flowering & fruiting
- Throughout the year
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Pubescent (softly hairy)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Maidalakri 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
- Hindi
- Medh, Chandna, मैदा लकड़ी Maidalakri, কুকুরচিতা
- Nepali
- मेदा Meda
- Bengali
- কুকুরচিতা Kukurachita, কুকুরচিতা
- Tamil
- Muchaippeyetti, Uralli, Elumburukki
- Kannada
- Lakki, Lakkdi, ಮೈದಲಕ್ಡಿ Maida lakdi
- Malayalam
- കള്ളക്കറുവ
- Marathi
- Maidalakdi, Ranamba, Maida lakadee
About Maidalakri
Bolly Beech (Litsea glutinosa) belongs to the Lauraceae family, where it grows as a tree. In India it has been recorded in Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, West Bengal and 9 other states. It grows in deciduous and semi-Evergreen forests. It flowers and fruits through much of the year.
Lauraceae
Laurel/Cinnamon family
Maidalakri belongs to the Lauraceae family.
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