Actinodaphne bourdillonii

Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a species of the genus Actinodaphne of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, commonly called the malavirinji, eeyoli, and pisa. [1] Its general habitat is shola and evergreen forests. It is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats (South Sahyadri and Palakkad Hills).[1]

Actinodaphne bourdillonii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Magnoliids
Order: Laurales
Family: Lauraceae
Genus: Actinodaphne
Species:
A. bourdillonii
Binomial name
Actinodaphne bourdillonii

Description

Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a tree up to 10 m tall. Branches and young branchlets are terete, fulvous tomentose. Leaves are simple, alternate, spiral, and subverticilate. Fruits are a black berry; a single seed is seen inside the fruit. Flowering and fruiting season is from April to March.[2]

Seed contains 48.4% fat. 96% of this fat is trilaurin. It also contains louric acid.

References
  1. "Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  2. "Actinodaphne bourdillonii - LAURACEAE". www.biotik.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
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