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Calophyllum pascalianum, a medium sized tree occuring along the riverbanks in the southern Western Ghats of India, is described and illustrated. The species is different from the other allied species by its linear-oblong to linear-lanceolate leaves that are c. 7 times longer than broad. The population of the species in the type locality is threatened by the presence of a dam in the upstream.
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The authors would like to thank Tamil Nadu Forest Department for the permission to carry out an inventory in KMTR. We appreciate the help of Dr P. F. Stevens for his opinion about the new species and we thank him and Dr S. John Britto for the Latin diagnosis. We are also grateful to the three anonymous reviewers for their comments.
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B. R., R., Narayanan, A. & De Franceschi, D. Calophyllum pascalianum, a new species of Clusiaceae from Western Ghats, India. Kew Bull 67, 115–118 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-012-9342-z
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