Pan India Bouquets

Cornus oblonga Wall.

Family : Cornaceae
(Evergreen Dogwood Family)
Family (Hindi name) : CORNUS FAMILY
Family (as per The APG System III) : Cornaceae
Synonym(s) : Cornus oblonga var. glabrescens W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu; Cornus paniculata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Swida oblonga (Wall.) Soják; Swida oblonga var. glabrescens (W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu) W.P.Fang & W.K.Hu; Swida oblonga var. griffithii (C.B.Clarke) W.K.Hu; Yinquania muchuanensis Z.Y.Zhu; Yinquania oblonga (Wall.) Z.Y.Zhu
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Cornus oblonga Wall.
Common name : Oblong-Petal Dogwood
Vernacular name : Laato Kaath, Kaali Kaath (Nepali)
Habit : Tree
Habitat : Broad-leaved evergreen and mixed broad-leaved evergreen-deciduous forests, thickets along streams; 800–3700 m. altitude
Comments / notes : The fruit is used as a source of industrial oil.
Flower, Fruit : April-December
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
Native : Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Pakistan to South Central China and North Indo-China
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 142; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 1. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 330
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Cornus oblonga. Downloaded on 7 December 2023.

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