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Daphniphyllum neilgherrense
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Family:
DAPHNIPHYLLACEAE
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Citation: Daphniphyllum neilgherrense (Wight) K. Rosenth. in Engl., Pflanzenreich. Daphniphyllac. 7. 1919; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1311(917). 1925; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 429. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 36. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 46. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 369. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 623. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 733. 2009.
Goughia neilgherrensis Wight, Ic. tt. 1878 & 1879. 1852.
Daphniphyllum glaucescens Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 16: 3. 1866, non Blume 1826-1827; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 353. 1887.
Daphniphyllum roxburghii Baillon, Etude Euphorb. 565. 1858.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kozhikkulamavu, Peekkiri, Vellakottlan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m, bark surface greyish-brown, smooth; exudation milky; branchlets stout. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tip of branchlets, 3.5-12 x 1.5-5 cm, obovate, elliptic-obovate or obovate-oblong, apex acute or obtuse, base acute, margin entire, revolute, glabrous above and glaucous beneath, coriaceous ;lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint; petiole 5-25 mm, slender, glabrous. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-green, in axillary racemes. Male flowers: bracts 3 x 3 mm, ovate, obtuse, ciliate; tepals 5, minute; stamens 5-12, free; anthers oblong; connective apiculate. Female flowers: bracteate, perianth similar to male flowers; ovary superior, imperfectly 2-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; stigmas thick, recurved, undivided. Fruit a drupe, 10-12 mm long, ovoid, greenish-red.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forest margins
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Green, Brown
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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:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Devicolam, Ponmudi, Agastyarkudam, Chemungi
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