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Cinnamomum palghatensis
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Cinnamomum palghatensis M.Gangop., Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 15: 100. 2008.
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Description:
Trees, 12-15 m high; branches blackish, terete, blackish-brown; branchlets puberulous, smooth, gradually compressed and quadrangular, leaf-bearing branchlets slender, compressed, densely brown puberulous, 1.5-2.0 mm thick. Leaves simple, subopposite, 15-22 x 2.8-4.0 cm, narrow oblong-lanceolate to oblong-ellitpic, apex broken tending to broad acumen; subequally acute at base, slightly decurrent to extreme base, thinly coriaceous; lateral nerves of the central one sub-prominent and distant, that of accessories forming faint loops along margin; tertiary nerves parallel, 1-2 mm apart, faint above, obscure beneath; intercostae faintly reticulate above, obscure beneath; petioles 1-1.5 cm long, puberulous. Infructescences solitary, axillary, c. 15 cm long; peduncles ca 5.5 cm long, terete, puberulous; rachis flattened, densely puberulous. Fruits green with large oblong, perianth c 22 x 16 mm, obtuse and projected at apex, pericarp blackish, glabrous, muriculate; fruit cup thick, c 3 x 12-15, margin slightly undulate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Growns on the hilly slopes
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Distribution:
Southern 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-800
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Localities:
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