Statue of Unity – Ek Bharat, Shreshtha Bharat Rain Forest Ektanagar

Nageia wallichiana

Syn. Podocarpus wallichianus

IUCN Red List Least Concern (LC)

Local name

  • Nageia Wallich’s Podocarp (English)
  • Nirambali (Malayalam)

Tree type

Evergreen Deciduous
Family: Podocarpaceae
30m

Indicated uses

Medicinal Edible Ornamental Avenue Other

Flowering & fruiting

Flowering Fruiting

Key characters

Nageia wallichiana bark

Bark

Bark 0.65 cm, greyish-brown, smooth, molted with brown and white.

Nageia wallichiana leaves

Leaves

Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 5 mm, short, flat, glabrous; linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute; apex acute.

Nageia wallichiana flower

Flower

Pollen cones 0.85 cm long, borne in axillary clusters of 2–5; bracts imbricate; anthers sessile and spirally arranged; scales ovate-acuminate. Seed cone solitary, with a pedicel about 1.3 cm long.

Nageia wallichiana fruit / seeds

Fruit / Seeds

Seed ovoid, 2.5 cm, seated on fleshy receptacle solitary, subglobose.

Nageia wallichiana

Did you know?

In local Indian folklore (particularly in the regions of Kerala), local forest communities traditionally associate Nageia wallichiana (locally known as Nirampali).

Distribution

World map showing distribution

SW. India, Assam to China (Yunnan) and Malesia