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Aphananthe cuspidata
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Family:
ULMACEAE
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Citation: Aphananthe cuspidata (Blume) Planch. in DC., Prodr. 17: 209. 1873; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 257. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 655. 1997.
Cyclostemon cuspidatum Blume, Bijdr. 599. 1826.
Gironniera reticulata Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 268. 1861; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1349(944). 1928.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Bhuthiyunarthi, Thondupoliyan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bole buttressed; bark brownish, exfoliating in irregular, projecting flakes; blaze pink with light coloured streaks. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules sheathing, deciduous; petiole 6-10 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 6-18 x 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-ovate, base rounded, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, male in short axillary panicles; female axillary, solitary; tepals 5, concave, obtuse or acute; stamens 5, filaments 2 mm; pistillode woolly; ovary sessile, superior, glabrous; stigmas 2, spreading, filiform. Fruit a drupe, obovoid, 1.5-2 cm long, glabrous, stoutly beaked, slightly 2-angled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Indo-China
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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):
Creamy, 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:
No
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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:
Punnamala, Punnapuzha
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