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Drypetes wightii
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Drypetes wightii (Hook. f.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Phyllanthoid.-Phyllanth. 273. 1922; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 139. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 371. 1998; Chakrab. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 277. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 288. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 334. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 735. 2009.
Hemicyclia wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 339. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1300(909). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vellakasavu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Tees to 18 m tall; bark greyish-white, smooth; branches drooping; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, 4-10.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base oblique or acute, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; stipules small, lateral, caducous; petiole 2-8 mm long, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in axillary clusters or in the axils of fallen leaves. Male flowers: pedicels 3-5 mm long, puberulous; tepals 4-5, 3 x 2-2.5 mm, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, tomentellous outside; stamens 6-10, 1-1.5 mm long; filaments free; anthers oblong; disc entire, pubescent. Female flowers: pedicels 4-5 mm long, puberulous; tepals 4-5, 3-4 × 2.5-3.5 mm, suborbicular, tomentellous outside; disc annular; ovary 2 x 1 mm, ellipsoid, 1-locular, ovules 2, sparsely puberulous to glabrous; stigma reniform. Fruit a capsule 17-20 x 15 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid or obovoid, smooth, glabrous; pedicels 10-12 mm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
900-1550
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Localities:
Inchippara, Chokkampetti, Uppermanalar, Karimala, Pooppara, Pothumala, Nelliyampathy
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