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Buchanania axillaris
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Buchanania axillaris (Desr.) Ramamoorthy in Saldanha & Nicolson, Fl. Hassan Dist. 374. 1976; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 113. 1989; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh.in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 441. 2000; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 799. 2005.
Mangifera axillaris Desr. in Lam., Encycl. Meth. Bot. 3: 687. 1789.
Buchanania angustifolia Roxb., Corom. Pl. 3: 79. t. 262. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 23. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 259(184). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malamavu
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Tree to 10 m high, glabrous; branches stout; bark rough, deeply fissured. Leaves linear-oblong, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, rounded or acute at base, entire at margin, obtuse, rounded or emarginate at apex, 7.5-15 x 3-5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, reticulate; lateral nerves 12-15 pairs; petioles 1.75 -3 cm long, slender. Flowers 3-6 mm across, in axillary and terminal glabrous branched panicles, white. Calyx lobes 5, semiorbicular, ca 1 mm long. Petals 5, oblong or ovate, ca 2.5mm long. Stamens 10; anthers oblong. Ovary pilose. Drupes obliquely globose, ca 1.25 cm, slightly compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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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