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Actinodaphne bourdillonii
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Actinodaphne bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 129. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1231(862). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 234. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 389. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 55. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 341. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 268. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 562. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Eeyoli, Malavirinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, bark greyish-brown; blaze dull-yellow; branchlets densely tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, estipulate, in whorls of 7-10; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, tomentose; lamina 11.5-26 x 3-8.3 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, base acute or attenuate, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above and softly grey or cinnamomeous-tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, pinnate, ascending about 20-300 from midrib, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-green, small; male flowers: 8-10 together on peduncled umbels; pedicels to 6 mm long; bracts 12 x 8 mm orbicular; tepals 6, oblong, subequal; stamens 9, in 3 rows; filaments 2-glandular, densely hispid; anthers oblong, introrse; female flowers: 5-10 together in peduncled umbels on lateral tubercles; pedicels to 1.5 cm long, bracts imbricate, cauducous; tepals 6, subequal; staminodes 9, in 3 rows, those of the row 3 with 2-glands; ovary half inferior, ovoid, attenuate into the style; stigma dilated. Fruit a berry, 5 mm across, globose, black, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Yellow, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Vellimala, Arjunankotta, Eravangalar, Valiyaparathode, Devicolam, Kallar, Merchiston, Athirumala
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