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Chloroxylon swietenia
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Chloroxylon swietenia DC., Prodr. 1: 625. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 569. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 152(109). 1915; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 355. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 55. 1999; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 588. 2005.
Swietenia chloroxylon Roxb., Pl. Corom. 1: 46, t. 64. 1796.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Purushu, Varimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Satin wood, Indian satinwood tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 15 m high; bark dark-brown, fissured, rough, blaze yellow with pungent smell; branchlets and rachis pubescent. Leaves pinnate, alternate; rachis to 10 cm, slender, pubescent when young; leaflets 12-40, subsessile, alternate; lamina 1-2 x 0.4-0.7 cm, oblong, base oblique, apex obtuse; margin entire, chartaceous, glands dotted, glabrous, dull bluish-green; midrib of leaflet near the lower margin, nerves obscure. Flowers bisexual, pubescent, white, in axillary and terminal panicles; calyx short; lobes 5, 1-1.5 mm; petals 5, 4 x 2 mm, clawed, gland dotted on the outer surface; disc 10 lobed; stamens 10, free, inserted, between lobes; ovary immersed in disc, 3 lobed, 3-celled, ovules 4-8 in each cell. Fruit a capsule, 2.5 x 1 cm, loculicidal; seeds many, 15-18 mm long, flat, winged apically.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Madagascar
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Gellimala, Marayur
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