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Aralia leschenaultii
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Aralia leschenaultii (DC.) J. Wen, Brittonia 45: 53. 1993; J. Wen et al., Rheedea 12: 6. 2002.
Panax leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 4: 254. 1830.
Pentapanax leschenaultii (DC.) Seem., J. Bot. 2: 296. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 724. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 567(401). 1919; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35.1996.
Pentapanax leschenaultii (DC.) Seem. var. umbellatum (Seem.) C.B. Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 725. 1879.
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Description:
Leaves simple pinnate or digitate; leaflets 3-5, to 15 x 10 cm, ovate-acuminate, glabrous, highly reticulate. Umbels 2-3 cm across. Flowers 3-4 mm across, plenty; calyx lobes 5, acute; petals 5, yellow; stamens 5; ovary inferior; styles connate. Drupe 4-5 celled, obscurely angled.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
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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