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Homalium zeylanicum
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Homalium zeylanicum (Gard.) Benth., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 4: 35. 1860; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 596. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 522(369). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 73. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 10. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 61. 1990; R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 410. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 16. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 45. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 58. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 18. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 16. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 272. 2005.
Blackwellia zeylanica Gard., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 7: 452. 1847.
Homalium tetrandra Wight, Ic. t. 1851.1852.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaluvaluka, Manthalamukhi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bole straight; bark 15 16 mm thick, pale brown, smooth, orange-yellow inside; branchlets puberulus; internode 1-2 cm. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole 8-20 mm, slender, slightly grooved above, pubescent; lamina 8-14 x 4.75 cm, broadly elliptic, base narrow, apex abruptly acuminate, margin crenate, glabrous, coriaceous. Lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, arched towards the margin forming intramarginal nerves, prominent beneath, intercostae reticulate. Flowers small, greenish-white, bisexual, in axillary racemes; sepals 4, ovate-laminate, pubescent; petals 4, oblanceolate, pubescent, inserted at the throat of the calyx; stamens 4, antitepalous, alternating with globular staminodes; ovary pubescent; half superior, single celled, ovules many on 4 parietal placenta; styles 4. Fruit a capsule; seeds small, albumen fleshy.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green, 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:
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Localities:
Peechi, Chenthamarakokka, Manthampotty, Kariamchola, Aruvanpara, Pallivasal, Mukkali forests, Marapalam area, Ponnambalamedu ***, Ampumala, Thenmalai
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