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Brucea javanica
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Family:
SIMAROUBACEAE
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Citation: Brucea javanica (L.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 9: 3. 1928; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 97. 1989; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 107. 1984; R.K. Basak in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 414. 1997; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 619. 2005.
Rhus javanica L., Sp. Pl. 265. 1753.
Brucea sumatrana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 449. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 521. 1875; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 114. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; young branches, petioles, and inflorescences yellowish tomentose. Leaves alternate, pinnate, 20-40 cm; leaflets 3-15, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, 5-12 x 2.5-6 cm, base broadly cuneate or nearly rounded, usually somewhat oblique, margin serrate, apex acuminate, both surfaces villous, especially along veins and abaxially; petiolule 4-8 mm long. Panicles: male 15-35 cm long; female half the length of male. Flowers small, dark purple. Male flowers: pedicel slender, ca. 3 mm; sepals densely puberulent, 0.5-1 x 0.3-0.5 mm; petals sparsely puberulent or nearly glabrous, 1-2 x 0.5-1 mm; filaments subulate, ca. 0.6 mm; anthers ca. 0.4 mm. Female flowers: pedicel ca. 2.5 mm; sepals and petals same as in males; stamens rudimentary. Drupes 1-4, free, oblong-ovoid, 6-8 x 4-6 mm, gray-black when ripe; exocarp reticulately wrinkled when dry; endocarp hard; seeds yellowish-white, ovoid, thinly membranous.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-November
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as medicinal plants
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Distribution:
Asia and Australia
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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):
Green, Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
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Localities:
Puthukulam
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