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Dysoxylum swaminathanianum
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Dysoxylum swaminathanianum Anil Kumar & Sivad., Rheedea 11: 116. 2001; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 119. 2005.
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high; branchlets obtusely angled, thinly pubescent. Leaves pari or imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis ca. 30 cm long, sharply angled, pubescent, swollen at base; leaflets 5-9, alternate, estipellate; petiolule upto 5 mm long, slender; lamina 10-18 x 4.5-7 cm, oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-ovate, base oblique, apex acuminate or obtuse, margin entire, glabrescent, chartaceous; lateral nerves ca.7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, creamy, in axillary panicles; peduncle pubescent; pedicel erect, jointed at middle; calyx cupular, 4-5 mm long, slightly inflated at base, pubescent, lobes 4 or 5, in conspicuous and irregular; petals 5, 13 mm long, cream coloured, oblong, recurved, apex thick, 3-angled, sparsely hairy inside; disc cupular, exceeding the ovary, coarsely 8 lobed; staminal tube cylindric, 8 lobed; anthers 8, included, linear; ovary superior, ovoid, hairy, 2 mm long, 4-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style slender, terete, 8 mm long, sublateral, hairy near the base; stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
Creamy
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-200
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Localities:
Angamoozhy
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