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Cocculus laurifolius
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Cocculus laurifolius DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 530. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 101. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 29(21). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 51. 1990; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 319. 1993; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 60. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 12. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 7. 2002; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 181. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aadukolli, Marpinki
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees up to 6 m tall; branches drooping; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; petiole 3-8 mm, slender; lamina 7-12 x 3-5.5 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining above, chartaceous; basal nerves 3, strong, almost parallel to the margin beyond the middle of lamina; intercostae reticulate, slender, faint. Flowers unisexual, in axillary panicles; sepals 6, ovate, obtuse; petals 6, 2 x 1.5 mm, broadly obtuse, glabrous; stamens 6 in male flowers; free, anthers ovate, within curved margins; staminodes 12 in female flowers, seriate, outer staminodes ovate, tri lobed, with a small middle-lobe; inner smaller, cup shaped; ovaries 3, free, curved, 1-ovuled; stigma sessile, curved out. Fruit a drupe, rotund, glabrous, depressed at either ends; seed 1; endocarp with small curved aperture on both sides, finely ridged on dorsal surface.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and East Asia
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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):
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:
-1500
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Localities:
Vellimala, Muddalakottithode, Pezha, Chinnakanal, Anavayee forests
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