|
|
| |
Aporosa cardiosperma
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Aporosa cardiosperma (Gaertn.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 35: 139. 1954; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 310. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 722. 2009.
Croton cardiospermus Gaertn., Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 120. 1790.
Scepa lindleyana Wight, Ic. t. 361. 1840.
Aporosa lindleyana (Wight) Baill., Etud. Gen. Euphorb. 645. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 349. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1309(916). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 260. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 358. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 333. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 409. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 355. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 421. 1990; Chakrab. & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 164. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 407. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 337. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 393. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 281. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 605. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 365. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 282. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 598. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 437. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 620. 2009.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
Aechil, Eachil, Kotili, Ponvetti, Vetti
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Evergreen trees, to 15 m high; bark 6-8 mm thick, greyish-brown, vertical striations shallow, brittle; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, attenuate, bifarious, 7.5-18 x 3-8 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic, oblong or ovate-oblong, base acute, obtuse or round, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; stipules lateral, lanceolate, cauducous; petiole 10-20 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Male flowers: yellow, solitary or clustered in axillary spikes of 1-3.5 cm long; bracts ovate, ciliate, flowers 1-3 in each bract; tepals 4, ovate, ciliate; stamens 2-3, from the centre of the flower; filaments free; anthers didymous. Female flowers: pale green, 3-8 together, in densely tomentose small racemes; pedicellate; bracts concave, ciliate, imbricate; tepals 4, larger than males; ovary superior, flask-shaped, thinly hispid; 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2-3, connate into a column; stigmas 2, small, plumose, spreading, recurved. Fruit a capsule 10-12 mm across, globose, yellow, glabrous, pointed with the style; aril orange-yellow; seed one, brown, planoconvex.
|
| |
Habit:
Tree
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
|
| |
District(s):
All Districts
|
| |
Medicinal:
Yes
|
| |
Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in the plains
|
| |
Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
White, Green, Yellow
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
Yes
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
600-1100
|
| |
Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Chimmini, Kulathupuzha, Umiyar, Arjunankotta, Parambikulam, Sangili, Kulathupuzha, Maniyaar, Thekkuthode, Cheruvathur, Panathur, Parappa, Kannoth, Manantody, Sreekantapuram, Mukkali forests, Peradala, Vandanam, Cherthala, Vaniampuzha
|
|