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|image = Actinodaphne malabarica Varattuparai DSCN0498.JPG<br />
|status = LC<br />
|status_system = IUCN3.1<br />
|status_ref = <ref name = iucn>{{cite iucn |author=de Kok, R. |year=2021 |title=''Actinodaphne wightiana'' |article-number=e.T158422524A158675458 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-2.RLTS.T158422524A158675458.en |language=en}}</ref><br />
|genus = Actinodaphne <br />
|species = wightiana<br />
|authority = ([[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]) [[Henry Noltie|Noltie]]<br />
|synonyms = {{Species list<br />
|Iozoste wightiana| Kuntze (1891)<br />
|Actinodaphne hirsuta| Hook.f. (1886)<br />
|Actinodaphne malabarica| N.P.Balakr. (1967)<br />
}}<br />
|synonyms_ref = <ref name=powo/><br />
}}<br />
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'''''Actinodaphne wightiana''''' is a species of [[tree]] in the laurel family, [[Lauraceae]].<ref name=powo>{{cite POWO|title=Actinodaphne wightiana (Kuntze) Noltie |id=A60440841-2 |access-date=16 April 2025}}</ref> It native to the southern [[Western Ghats]] of [[Karnataka]], [[Kerala]] and [[Tamil Nadu]] states in southwestern India.<ref name=iucn /> Its leaves are densely hirsute to tomentellous beneath and its fruits are {{cvt|7–10|mm}} in diameter.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chakrabarty |first1=Tapas |last2=Krishna |first2=Gopal |last3=Kumar |first3=Anand |last4=Mitta |first4=Mahendra Nath |title=A revision of genus Actinodaphne Nees (Lauraceae) in the Indo-Burmese region {{!}} Chakrabarty {{!}} Annals of Plant Sciences |journal=Annals of Plant Sciences |date=2021 |volume=10 |issue=7 |pages=4227–4259 |doi=10.21746/aps.2021.10.7.1 |doi-broken-date=3 May 2026 |url=https://annalsofplantsciences.com/index.php/aps/article/view/800/pdf |access-date=16 April 2025 |archive-date=3 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241203051719/https://annalsofplantsciences.com/index.php/aps/article/view/800/pdf |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> It grows in [[South Western Ghats moist deciduous forests|evergreen tropical moist forests]] from 100 to 1,000 metres elevation. It is threatened with [[habitat loss]] from deforestation to expand agriculture and plantations. The [[IUCN Red List]] assesses the species as [[Least Concern]].<ref name = iucn/><br />
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The species was first described as ''Iozoste wightiana'' by [[Otto Kuntze]] in 1891. In 2005 [[Henry Noltie]] placed the species in genus ''[[Actinodaphne]]'' as ''A. wightiana''.<ref name = powo/><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Actinodaphne|wightiana]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Karnataka]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Kerala]]<br />
[[Category:Flora of Tamil Nadu]]<br />
[[Category:Endemic flora of the Western Ghats]]<br />
[[Category:Plants described in 1891]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Otto Kuntze]]<br />
[[Category:Taxa named by Henry Noltie]]<br />
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