Pittosporum neelgherrense Wt. & Arn.

Pittosporum neelgherrense Wt. & Arn.

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Systematic Classification:

Division    : Angiospermae
Class       : Dicotyledons 
Family	    : Pittosporaceae	
Genus	    : Pittosporum
Species	    : neelgherrense

Common Name:

Analivegam

General Information:

Small trees up to 5 m tall. Branchlets slender, terete, glabrous, lenticellate. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, usually crowded at apex; petiole 0.5-1.2 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 2.5-10 x 1.3-5 cm, elliptic or obovate, apex acute or subacuminate, sometimes obtuse, base acute, margin entire to crenulate; chartaceous or thinly coriaceous, glabrous; midrib canaliculate; secondary nerves 5-8 pairs thin, branched; tertiary nerves finely reticulate, sometimes obscure. Inflorescence few flowered racemes; flowers yellow; pedicel up to 1 cm long. Fruit and Seed Capsule, obliquely 2-valved, ca. 1 cm across; pedicel filiform; seeds 4-8.

Economic Importance:

  • Highly medicinal and snake repellent.