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Blachia andamanica ssp. denudata
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Blachia andamanica (Kurz) Hook.f. ssp. denudata (Benth.) N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Pl. Sci. 99: 571. 1989; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 201. 2007.
Blachia denudata Benth., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 17: 226. 1880; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 403. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1338(936). 1925; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 396. 1996.
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Description:
Small trees; bark smooth, black, blotched with green, yellow inside; branchlets glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 5 cm, elliptic or oblong, acute or acuminate, base truncate or obtuse, membranous,; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole 0.5-1 cm. Male flowers in racemes, pedicels slender. Perianth lobes ovate, concave, yellow, 2 mm long. Female flowers in fascicles of 2 or 3; pedicels thick. Capsule globose, 1 cm across.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-850
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Palapally
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