''Symplocos nicolsonii'' is a species of

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in the family

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. It is endemic to Western Ghats in

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. The species was named after the noted botanical taxonomist Dan H. Nicolson.

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q48727276 nicolsonii Endemic flora of the Western Ghats