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Couroupita guianensis
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Family:
LECYTHIDACEAE
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Citation: Couroupita guianensis Aublet, Hist. Pl. Guiane 708. t. 282. 1775; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 162. 1989; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 292. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 366. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nagalingamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cannon ball tree
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Description:
Trees, bark smooth. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, crowed at the apices of branchlets estipulate; petiole 20-40 mm long, stout, swollen at the tip and base, glabrous; lamina 10-21 x 4.5-10 cm, obovate or oblong-ovate, base obtuse, apex acute, obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, crenate or serrate, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, pink, in racemes on trunk on lower branches; sepals short; petals 5 x 2.5 cm; stamens many, fused into a curved spathulate androphore; ovary half inferior. Fruit globose, berry, surface scurfy, to 10-12 cm across.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-October
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown in gardens and temple premises
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Distribution:
Native of South America
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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):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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