Pan India Bouquets

Symplocos paniculata Miq.

Family : Symplocaceae
(Symplocos Family)
Family (Hindi name) : SODH FAMILY (सोध फैमिली)
Family (as per The APG System III) : Symplocaceae
Synonym(s) : Crataegus biloba H.Lév.; Crataegus lyi H.Lév.; Prunus mairei H.Lév.; Prunus paniculata Thunb.; Lodhra crataegoides (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Decne.; Palura chinensis (Lour.) Koidz.; Palura odorata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Palura paniculata (Thunb.) Nakai; Palura sinica (Ker Gawl.) Miers; Symplocos chinensis (Lour.) Druce; Symplocos crataegoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don; Symplocos crataegoides var. chinensis (Lour.) Makino & Nemoto; Symplocos hunanensis Hand.-Mazz.; Symplocos pallida Franch. & Sav.; Symplocos paniculata (Thunb.) Makino; Symplocos paniculata Wall. ex D.Don; Symplocos simaoensis Y.Y.Qian; Symplocos sinica Ker Gawl.
Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Symplocos paniculata Miq.
Common name : Sapphire Berry, Asiatic Sweetleaf
Vernacular name : Lodhra (Sanskrit); Lodh pathani, Pathani lodh (Urdu); Lodh, Haakulaal, Saano Lodo, Logh, Kholme (Nepali)
Habit : Shrub or small tree
Habitat : In Blue Pine forest, slopes in mixed forest and amongst shrubs on river banks; 1000 - 2850 m. altitude
Key identification features : Leaves deciduous, broadly elliptic to obovate; flowers in lax terminal panicles
Flower, Fruit : April-November
Distribution :
- Uttarakhand : Uttarakhand
- West Bengal : Darjeeling district
Native : Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, East Himalaya, Hainan, India, Inner Mongolia, Japan, Laos, Manchuria, Myanmar, Nepal, Taiwan, Tibet, Vietnam, West Himalaya
Exotic/Native : Native
World Distribution : Himalaya to Temperate East Asia, Indo-China and Connecticut, District of Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania
Literature : Uniyal B.P., Sharma J.R., Choudhery U., Singh D.K. (2007). Flowering Plants of Uttarakhand: A Checklist. Bishen Singh Mahendra Pal Singh: 170; GRIERSON A.J.C. & LONG D.G. (1983). FLORA OF BHUTAN INCLUDING A RECORD OF PLANTS FROM SIKKIM Vol. 2: Part 2. ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN, EDINBURGH: 582
Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Navendu Page, Deepak Kumar (2020). Pan India Bouquets. http://flora-peninsula-indica.ces.iisc.ac.in/pan/plants.php?name=Symplocos paniculata. Downloaded on 1 October 2023.

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