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Casearia thwaitesii
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Casearia thwaitesii Briq., Ann. Cons. Jard. Bot. Geneve 62. 1898; R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 397. 1993; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 266. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 122. 2009.
Casearia coriacea Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 20. 1858; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 521(368). 1919; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 60. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 52. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 17. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 72. 2002, non Vent. 1803.
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Description:
Trees to 12 m tall; bark yellowish-white, smooth, lenticellate. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, 3.5-9 x 2-4.5 cm, obovate, apex obtuse or obtusely acute, base cuneate or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous above, glaucous beneath, subcoriaceous, pellucid gland dotted; lateral veins 5-6 pairs, pinnate, intercostae reticulate, slender, prominent; petiole 5-15 mm, slender, glabrous, red when young; stipules small, lateral, cauducous. Flowers bisexual, small, 5 mm across, greenish-yellow, 3-6 together in axillary fascicles. Calyx 4 lobed; lobes obovate, obtuse, persistent. Petals absent. Stamens 8, alternating with as many staminodes, forming a ring attached below to the calyx tube, tufted at their apex; filaments 1.5 mm long, subulate, pubescent. Ovary terete, 1-celled, ovules 4; style simple. Fruit a succulent capsule, ovoid, smooth, greenish-yellow; seeds many.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
Green, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1400-1800
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Agastyarkudam, Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara
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