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Atuna indica
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Family:
CHRYSOBALANACEAE
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Citation: Atuna indica (Bedd.) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 7: 423. 1969; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 344. 2009; Sasidh. & Sujanpal, Rheedea 21: 81. 2011.
Parinarium indicum Bedd., Ic. t. 109. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:311.1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 437(310). 1919.
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Description:
Evergreen trees, bark brown, smooth, thin; blaze reddish. Leaves simple, alternate, stipulate; stipules free, lateral, lanceolate; petiole 6-12 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 17-21 x 5.5-7.5 cm, oblong, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, base acute, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 12-18 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary or terminal corymbose racemes; bracts brown, hairy; calyx tube funnel-shaped, pubescent; lobes 5, imbricate; petals 5, white, inserted to the mouth of calyx tube; stamens many; filaments basally connate, anthers small; ovary adnate to the side of calyx tube, 2-celled, ovules 2, erect; style filiform, basal; stigma truncate. Fruit a drupe, 3.5-4 x 2.5-3 cm, ovoid, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Wayanad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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