✿Lauraceae · Phoebe
Haulia / Lanceleaf Laurel
Phoebe lanceolata
TreeMedicinal
- Habit
- Tree
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala & more
- Flowering
- March-July
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Phoebe lanceolata
- Genus
- Phoebe
- Family
- Lauraceae
- Habit
- Tree
- Habitat
- Shady valleys of evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in secondary forests
- Habitat type
- Forest
- Distribution
- India, Himalayas, Myanmar
- Found in India
- Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Sikkim, West Bengal, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Assam, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Tripura, Uttarakhand
- Flowering & fruiting
- March-July
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Leaf characters
- Leaf surface
- Glabrous (smooth, hairless)recorded
Typical of the family
- Arrangement
- Alternate
Characters marked “recorded” are for Haulia 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
- हौलिया Haulia
About Haulia
Lanceleaf Laurel (Phoebe lanceolata) is a tree in the Lauraceae family. In India it has been recorded in Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala and 11 other states. It grows in shady valleys of evergreen and semi-Evergreen forests, also in secondary forests. Flowering and fruiting run from March to July.
Botanical family
Lauraceae
Laurel/Cinnamon family
Haulia belongs to the Lauraceae family.
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