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Gymnacranthera farquhariana
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Family:
MYRISTICACEAE
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Citation: Gymnacranthera farquhariana (Hook.f. & Thoms.) Warb., Monogr. Myris. 365. 1897; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 340. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 390. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 385. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 377. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 260. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 340. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 690. 2009.
Myristica farquhariana Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 162. 1855, non Hook. f. 1886.
Myristica canarica Bedd. ex King, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. (Calcutta) 3: 306. t.138. 1891.
Gymnacranthera canarica (Bedd. ex King) Warb., Monogr. Myris. 368. 1897; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1212(849). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 249. 1982; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 558. 2002.
Gymnacranthera eugeniifolia (A.DC.) Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 16: 447. 1958; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 420. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Udaipanu, Undappayin
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Description:
Evergreen dioecious trees, to 30 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick surface dark-brown, smooth; blaze red, exudation red; branchlets densely brown, pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-15 mm long, stout, grooved above, glabrous when mature; lamina 14.5-25 x 5-10 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base obtuse, round or alternate, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 8-17 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae obscure. Flowers unisexual, yellow; males in axillary and lateral, rusty pubescent, panicles; females 6-10 in axillary racemes; perianth tubular; lobes [3]-4, pubescent; stamens 6-12, united into a sessile column; connectives attached behind and from the base to about the middle only, anthers free at apex; ovary superior, ovoid, 1-celled, ovule 1; stigma sessile, capitate or slightly bilobed, fleshy. Fruit a capsule, 2.5-3 cm across, glabrous, rind thick; seed one, 16-18 mm across, globose, pale brown; aril laciniate as long as seeds.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along banks of rivers in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malaya
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-800
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Choodal, Kulathupuzha, Puthussery, Aikdau, Kannoth, Kottur R.F., Athirumala, Attayar
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