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Alseodaphne semecarpifolia var. parvifolia
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Alseodaphne semecarpifolia Nees var. parvifolia Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 144. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1226(858). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 343. 1984; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 379. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 264. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 342. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Mulakunari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 20 m high, bark yellowish-brown, flaking off in thin rectangular flakes; blaze dull yellow, with aromatic smell; young shoots puberulent. Leaves simple, alternate, often fascicled at the apex of branchlets, estipulate; petiole 5-15 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 5.5-15 x 1.8-7 cm, obovate or oblanceolate, base cuneate, acute or attenuate, apex obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, shining above and glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, slender, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, 3-4 mm across, greenish-yellow, in axillary or subterminal panicles of 6-12 cm long; pedicel 5-6 mm long, slender, pubescent; perianth tube short, lobes 6, in 2 rows, 4-5 mm long, oblong, pubescent, valvate; stamens 9 perfect, those of first and second rows opposite the perianth lobes, introrse, those of the third row opposite the first row, extrorse with 2 large glands on the inner base of the filaments; filaments hairy; anthers 4-celled; staminodes 3, of the fourth row opposite the second row, cordate, stipitate, base hairy; ovary half inferior, ovoid, glabrous, 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous; style slender; stigma trilobed. Fruit a drupe 2-3 x 18 mm, ellipsoid to globose, seated on the top of enlarged, thick, warty peduncle; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen 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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Vazhani, Rosemala, Sunderamala, Thannikkudy, Vengoli, Kottayali
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