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Ellipanthus tomentosus
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Family:
CONNARACEAE
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Citation: Ellipanthus tomentosus Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 41: 305. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 56. 1876; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 83. 1997; M.S. Mondal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 537. 2000; Sasidh. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 611. 2002.
Ellipanthus neglectus Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 26. 1917 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 273(195). 1918; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 827. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Padappen
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets tomentose, at least when young. Leaves alternate, 7-22 x 4-8 cm, elliptic to lanceolate or obovate, apex pointed to obtusely acuminate, base acute to rounded or subpeltate, thinly coriaceous, subglabrous to tomentose below; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs; petiole 0.5-3 cm long. Flowers in axillary clusters on young twigs, white, densely hairy. Sepals ovate or acute, 1.5-2 mm long, inner surface tomentose to glabrous. Petals ovate-oblong to linear, 2-5 x 1-2 mm, obtuse, tomentose to pubescent outside, glabrous inside. Fertile stamens pubescent, staminodes glabrous. Ovary strigose; stigma bilobed. Fruits oblique-ovoid, flattened, 2-4 x 0.75-1.25 cm, apex shortly pointed, tomentose; stalk 0.5-3 cm long; seeds 12-20 x 6-10 mm, often flattened; arillode obscurely lobed to rounded, covering ΒΌ to 1/3 portion at base.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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:
-650
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Localities:
Rosemala
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