Actinodaphne bourdillonii is a species of the genus Actinodaphne of the flowering plant family Lauraceae, commonly called the malavirinji, eeyoli, and pisa. [2] It is endemic to the Southern Western Ghats (South Sahyadri and Palakkad Hills). Its general habitat is shola and montane evergreen forests from 600 to 2,000 metres elevation.[2][1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Laurales |
| Family: | Lauraceae |
| Genus: | Actinodaphne |
| Species: | A. bourdillonii
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Description edit
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.[3]
Seed contains 48.4% fat. 96% of this fat is trilaurin. It also contains louric acid.
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References edit
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- ^ a b de Kok, R. (2020). "Actinodaphne bourdillonii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T157146907A157563381. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T157146907A157563381.en. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
- ^ a b "Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble". India Biodiversity Portal. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
- ^ "Actinodaphne bourdillonii - LAURACEAE". www.biotik.org. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2019-01-26.