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Alangium salviifolium ssp. salviifolium
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Family:
ALANGIACEAE
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Citation: Alangium salviifolium (L. f.) Wang. in Engl., Pflanzenreich Alangiac. 9. 1910, ssp. salviifolium; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 572(404). 1919; Matthew in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 5. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 186. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 224. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 217. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 144. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 244. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 338. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 410. 2009.
Grewia salviifolia L. f., Suppl. Pl. 409. 1781.
Alangium lamarckii Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 133. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 741. 1879.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ankodam, Ankolam, Ankolika, Arinjil, Azhinni, Irinjil, Karankolam, Kimri
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Sage leaved Alangium
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Description:
Small trees, to 15 m high, bark greyish-brown; blaze yellow; branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 7-10 mm, tomentose, slender; lamina 7-15 x 3-4 cm, oblong, elliptic or ovate, base oblique or obtuse, apex acute, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous above, puberulous beneath; 3-5 nerved at base, lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, pinnate, ascending, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, 1.5 cm across, in axillary cymes or fascicles; pedicel 4 mm, jointed, pubescent; bracts 4 mm, ovate; calyx 3 mm, adnate to ovary, cupular, tomentose; lobes 10, triangular-ovate; petals 10, 2.5 x 5 cm, linear-oblong, tomentose; stamens to 20; filaments 1 cm long, base fleshy, villous, subconnate at base; anthers linear; ovary infererior, 2 mm, turbinate, 1-celled, 1-ovuled, pendulous, ovary surmounted by a disc, enclosing the style; style 2 mm long, glabrous; stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, ca. 2-3 x 1-1.5 cm, subglobose, brownish-red, pubescent, crowned with calyx lobes; seed one, ovoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Africa
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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):
White
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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:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Keerapady, Kalleli, Mukkali forests, Nemmara, Walayar, Ponmudi, Alleppey town
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