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Atalantia wightii
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Atalantia wightii Tanaka, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 75: 714. 1928; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 160(114). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 104. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 43. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 81. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 103. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 102. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 80. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 121. 1997; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 274.1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 52. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 47. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 137. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 587. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 191. 2009.
Atalantia ceylanica (Arn.) Oliver, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5. Suppl. 2: 25. 1861,p.p. excl. basionym, quoad tantum specim. Nilgiri; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 512. 1875; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 69. 1998; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 69. 1998; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33.1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuelumachan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets minutely hispid. Leaves simple, alternate, 8-11 x 3-5 cm, ovate, apex rounded or emarginate, base acute, glabrous. Raceme to 1 cm long, axillary, pedicels 5 mm long, hispid. Flowers to 12 mm across. Sepals 2 mm long, ovate, acute, ciliate. Petals white, to 9 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 8, filaments 4 mm long, inner ones smaller; style 5 mm long. Berry ellipsoid, 1-1.5 cm across, smooth, glandular, yellowish; seeds 2-4, oblong-ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen 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:
100-1600
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Localities:
Peechi, Thannikkudy, Pooppara, Kottayali, Sispara, Damsite, on way to Brahmagiri, Ayyappankovil, Koomanpara, Bonaccord, Meenmutty
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