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Atalantia monophylla
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Atalantia monophylla (L.) DC., Prodr. 1: 535. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 511. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 159(113). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 42. 1988; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 266. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 55. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 47. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 584. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 156. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 190. 2009.
Limonia monophylla L., Mant. Pl. 2: 237. 1771.
Malnaregam malabarica Rafin., Sylv. Tellur. 143. 1838.
Atalantia floribunda Wight, Ic. t. 1611. 1850.
Atalantia malabarica (Rafin.) Tanaka, Indian Bot. Soc. 16: 233. 1937.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Katunarenga
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small glabrous armed trees; spines to 2 cm long. Leaves 3-7 x 2-4 cm, ovate or elliptic, base broadly cuneate, margins entire to obscurely undulate, apex obtuse or emarginate, coriaceous; petiole to 1 cm long. Racemes axillary, contracted. Flowers to 1 cm across; pedicels to 1.5 cm long. Calyx irregularly lobed or spathiform, c. 3 mm long. Petals 4 or 5, white, 7-9 x 3-4 mm, obovate. Stamens 8 or 10, unequal, base connate and forming a tube. Ovary 4-5 mm long, oblong, 4-celled; ovule 1 or 2 per cell; style to 3 mm long. Fruit c. 1.5 cm across, globose, yellowish-green, glandular dotted. Seeds few, c. 6 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1400
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Localities:
Chinnar, Kothala, Damsite, Venmony
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