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Flora of kathmandu Valey :
CLEYERA
DC. in Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. i. 412 (1822).
Evergreen trees or shrubs. Leaves alternate, petiolate, coriaceous, entire or sub- cntire. Flower usually axillary solitary or fascicled, small, actinomorphic, pedicellate. Bracteoles absent or very small. Sepals 5, imbricate. Petals 5, imbricate, free or united at the base. Stamens numerous, inserted on the base of the petal; anthers hairy, erect, basifixed. Ovary 2-3-loculed. Style often elongate, shortly 2-3-fid. Ovules many centrally attached. Fruit indehiscent.
Distribution : About 6 species, mostly distributed in South east Asia, Japan and America.
Cleyera ochnacea DC. Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 1:412 (1829) —Fl. Brit. Ind. 1:283 (1874)- Bull. Dept. Med. Pl. Nep. 1:7 (1967).
An evergreen dioecious tree up to 12 m high. Leaves alternate, petioled, glossy, leathery, oblong-obovate or oblong-oblanceolate, base acute, entire, apex acuminate, 6-15 cm long and 2-5 cm broad, upper surface glossy green glabrous, lower surface pale
glabrous. Flowers white, fragrant, axillary, solitary or fascicled. Peduncle up to 2 cm long with 2 obsolete bracteoles. Sepals 5, equal, 1/3 the size of petal. Petals 5, oblong.
Stamens numerous, anthers orange. Style subulate 3—fid, persistent.
Distribution: l-limalaya; in Nepal - central.Ecology:
Uses:Localname:Baklopate(1-nahqfi)Flowering: July.
Fruiting: Sept.
Fruit baccate.
P1616? of collection: Godawari —Phulchoki, 1500 —1818 m; Gokarna, 1500 - 1900 m;Mamchuri 2131 m; Lele bhanjyang, 2200 m; Bajrabarahi, 1400 m.