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Dolichandrone spathacea
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Dolichandrone spathacea (L. f.) K. Schum., Fl. Kais. Wilh. Land. 123. 1889; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 996(700). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 210. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 269. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 554. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 523. 2009.
Bignonia spathacea L.f., Suppl. Pl. 283. 1781.
Dolichandrone rheedei (Spreng.) Seem., J. Bot. 8: 380. 1870; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 379. 1884.
Spathodea rheedei Spreng., Syst. Veg. 2: 835. 1825.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Neerpongilium
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Moderate sized deciduous trees, to 18 m high; bark greyish-brown; bole smooth. Leaves compound, imparipinnate opposite, estipulate; rachis 23-30 cm long, stout, glabrous; leaflets 5-9, opposite; petiolule upto 6 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 7.5-15.2 x 2.5-7.5, rhomboid or ovate, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate; base oblique; apex acuminate; margin entire, glabrous and shiny. Flowers bisexual, white, 3-4 together on terminal short erect corymbs; calyx spathaceous, cleft to the base on one side, spathe acuminate at tip; corolla 10-18 cm long, tube long, slender below, widening half way to a funnel; lobes 5, 10 cm, spreading, crisped; stamens 4, didynamous, included; disc annular; ovary sessile; ovules many; style long; stigma 2 lobed. Fruit a capsule, to 45 x 2.5 cm, purplish-brown; seeds winged, flat, rectangular, 1.6 cm across.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Kannur, Thrissur, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along banks of rivers or mangrove swamps
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Distribution:
South and South East Asia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Payyanur, Kasaragod, Thanneermukkam
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