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Actinodaphne lawsonii
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Actinodaphne lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 129. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1231(862). 1925; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 694. 2009.
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, whorled, estipulate; petiole 15-23 mm, stout, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 12-18 x 4-7.5 cm, obovate or elliptic obovate, base cuneate to attenuate, apex obtuse or obtusely acute; margin entire, glabrous above except at nerves, densely rufous tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-10, rufous tomentose, pinnate, intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, greenish, in 6-8 flowered clusters, rufous tomentose; pedicels 1 cm long; perianth tube short; lobes 6, subequal; stamens 9, in 3 rows; filaments 2-glandular; anthesr 4-celled, introrse; staminodes 9, in 3 rows, those of row 3 linear and 2-glandular; ovary half inferior, ovoid; stigma dialated. Fruit a berry, resting on the enlarged perianth tube.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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