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Gardenia resinifera
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Gardenia resinifera Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 150. 1821; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 144. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 231. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 148. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 148. 2002.
Gardenia lucida Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 707.1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:115.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 618(436). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Dikamali kayam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Brilliant gardenia, Gummy gardenia, White emetic nut
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, bark 0.85 cm, greenish-grey, exfoliating in irregular flakes flakes; blaze creamy yellow; exudation yellow resinous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules intrapetiolar, connate in to a sheath; petiole 3-7 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 7-18 x 4-8 cm, elliptic, base obtuse, rounded or attenuate, apex obtuse or obtusely acute, margin entire or wavy, glabrous, shiny above, coriaceous; lateral nerves 12-30 pairs, parallel, prominent beneath; intercostae scalariform, slender; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, white turns to yellow in axillary, solitary or in lax cymes; calyx tubular, lobes 5, lanceolate, puberulous without, acuminate; corolla tube 3 cm long, lobes 5, 3 x 2 cm, obovate, puberulous without; stamens 5; anthers exserted, oblong; ovary 6 mm, terete, 8 x 3 mm, inferior, ovules many; style 3.5 cm thick; stigma club shaped. Fruit a berry, 2 x 1.5 cm with crown of calyx, ellipsoid; seeds rugose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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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, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Kuchimudi, Attapady block-Mukkali
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