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Dillenia bracteata
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Family:
DILLENIACEAE
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Citation: Dillenia bracteata Wight, Ic. t. 358. 1840-43; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 37. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 7 (5). 1915; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 36. 1988; N. C. Majumdar in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 154. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 2. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 30. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 9. 1997; N.P. Balakr. & G.V.S. Murthy in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 120. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 88. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattupunna
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m high, bark greyish-brown; young shoots tomentose; leaf scars claps the branches half the circumference. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, 15-45 x 5-20 cm, obovate to elliptic-obovate, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse, base cuneate, acute, or obtuse, margin serrate or rarely entire, coriaceous, glabrescent at maturity; lateral nerves 12-20 pairs, parallel, prominent; intercostae subscalariform, faint stipules lateral, deciduous; petiole 10-50 mm long, stout, pubescent, grooved above. Flowers in racemes or in 2-7 flowered clusters, bisexual, white, 2.5-3 cm across; pedicels 4-10 mm long; bracts lanceolate or spathulate, hirsute, early cauducous. Sepals 5, ovate, 8-12 x 5-9 mm, coriaceous, reddish, silky pubescent. Petals 5, obovate, 15-20 x 5-10 mm, white. Stamens numerous, cohering slightly at base, in 2 series, purple blue; anthers linear, opening by small slits. Carpels 5, cohering at the axis, ovules many; styles 5, free, 9 mm. Pseudocarp orange, subglobose, enclosed within sepals, 2.5-3 cm across. Fruits 8 x 5 mm; seeds 1 or 2, 5 x 4.5 mm, ovoid, dark reddish-brown to black, arillate, glabrous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Kannur, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1000
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Localities:
Rockwood, Varadimalai area, on way to Periya, Rockwood
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