Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Ericales
Family: Theaceae
Genus: Schima
Species: Schima wallichi
Common name: Needle wood, Chialuni
Origin: India
Description: Leaves oblong, lanceolate, elliptic- oblong or ovate to obovate, cuneate to round at base, acute to short acuminate at apex. Flowers white, fragrant, narrowly oblong, retuse.
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Image credit: By Mr. Puskar Pande at FRI, Dehradun campus.
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