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Glyptopetalum grandiflorum
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Glyptopetalum grandiflorum Bedd., Ic. t. 102. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 613. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 204(147). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 96. 1988; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 111. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 705. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 222. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets terete, angled when young. Leaves simple, opposite, 10-15.5 x 5-6.5 cm,elliptic-oblong, acute or acuminate at apex, rounded or cuneate at base, entire, rarely obscurely serrate towards apex, coriaceous. Cymes 3-flowered; peduncles filiform, slender, 10-16 cm long; pedicels ca 2.5 cm long, inserted with scale-like bracts. Sepals 4-lobed. Petals 4, obovate, 8-10 mm long, inconspicuously pitted or not, yellow. Stamens 4, sessile. Disc more or less rounded. Ovary within disc. Capsules globose, ca 2 cm, smooth, pale, 4-seeded; seeds ovate, 1.5 cm across, arillate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad
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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:
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Altitude:
600-1000
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Localities:
Chandanathode
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