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Hymenodictyon obovatum
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hymenodictyon obovatum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 153. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 36. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 589(416). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 211. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 133. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 232. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 184. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 223. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 153. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 175. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 320. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 419. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malamkalli
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 15 m high, bark 6-7 mm thick, grey-black, rough, exfoliations small, brittle; blaze red; young parts pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite; stipules 3.7-5 cm, interpetiolar; petiole 2-12 cm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-24 cm x 2.5-10 cm, obovate, elliptic-obovate or elliptic, base attenuate, acute, oblique or subtruncate, apex acuminate, obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, pubescent below, chartaceous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae reticulate, prominent; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, white, subsessile, terminal racemes; bracts 2, leafy; bracteoles; calyx tube short, lobes 5, puberulous without, ovate, acute; corolla tube short, expanding in a campanulate bilobed limb, lobes 5, ovate, glabrous, valvate; stamens 5, inserted between the lobes; anthers lanceolate, sagitate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style slender, exserted; stigma fusiform. Fruit a capsule, 10-12 mm long, 2 valved, erect, ovoid, brown; seeds 5-6 mm long, narrowly winged.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-October
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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):
Creamy, Yellow, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-750
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Localities:
Peechi, Ponmudi, Kattalappara, Vallakkadavu, Chembotti, Ayyappankovil-Pothundy, Mukkali forests, Dhoni R. F., Thenmalai, Attayar
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