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Clausena indica
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Clausena indica (Dalz.) Oliver, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5: 36. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 505. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 155(110). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 44. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 82. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 103. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 81. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 122. 1997; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 328. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 53. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 56. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 48. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 595. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 193. 2009.
Piptostylis indica Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 33. t.2. 1851.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumunthiri, Gorakotta
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees. Leaves pinnate, alternate, up to 25 cm long ; leaflets 7-13, alternate and opposite, 3.5-7.5 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic or elliptic-ovate to oblong, obtuse or abruptly acuminate at apex, oblique at base, subentire or crenulate and often with pubescent glands along margins, glabrous, gland dots raised on both surfaces; petiole and rachis slightly zig-zag, puberulous or glabrous petiolules 3-6 mm long, puberulous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, faint above, rather prominent beneath, spreading, tertiaries indistinct. Inflorescence terminal, paniculate corymbose cymes, up to 10 cm long, peduncle and branches densely puberulous. Flowers globose in buds, borne on short (2 mm long) pedicels; bracts minute, deltate, ciliate. Sepals deltate, acute or rounded, ca 0.5 mm long, ciliate. Petals oblong, acute, ca 3.5 x 1.2 mm, white, glandular, glabrous. Stamens 10; filaments subulate above, dilated below, ca 2 mm long; anthers ellipsoid, ca 1 mm long. Ovary subglobose, ca 15 mm long, glabrous, papillate-glandular, 3-locular, each with one or two pendulous ovules; style very short, thick, cylindric, inserted in the depression at top of ovary, caduceus; stigma capitate, broader than style. Berries globose, ca 15 mm across, yellowish-white when ripe; 1-seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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, 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:
-1000
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Localities:
Sholayar, Olikkudy, Kokkara, Nelluyampathy forests, Kariamchola, Kuchimudi, Pezha, Damsite, Panoth, Ayyappankovil, Ampumala
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