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Cinnamomum chemungianum
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Cinnamomum chemungianum M. Mohanan & Henry, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 88: 97. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 391. 1994; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 78. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 565. 2002.
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-20 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 3-7 x 2-4 cm, ovate, base acute, obtuse or round, apex caudate-acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, sparsely appressed hairy beneath; 3-ribbed from the base, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual, ca. 11 mm long; perianth tube ca. 3 mm long; lobes 1.5 mm long, red, ovate, acute; stamens many in 3 rows, ca. 1.5 mm long, anthers truncate, glandular, 4-loculed; filaments villous; staminodes ca. 0.5 mm long, ovate, acute; ovary inferior, ca. 2 x 1.5 mm, globular, 1-ovuled; styles ca. 1 mm long; stigma faintly 3-lobed. Fruit a berry, ca. 1.4 x 1 cm, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
700-1500
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Localities:
Chemungi, Agasthymala peak, Attayar, Chemungi
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