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Isonandra montana
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Isonandra montana (Thw.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 761(535). 1921; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 276. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 412. 2002.
Isonandra wightiana A. DC. var. montana Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 177. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 540. 1882.
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark blackish; blaze pink; exudation white; branches short, sympodial. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, estipulate; petiole 6-12 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-6.5 x 1.2-3.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse to acuminate, margin entire, recurved, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, pinnate, regular, arched towards margin, raised beneath; intercostae subscalariform. Flowers bisexual, cream, from the leafless nodes; pedicels 1 mm long, pubescent; calyx lobes 4, 2-3 mm long, triangular, obtuse; corolla lobes 4, rounded, 2-3 mm, tube short; stamens 8, subequal, attached near the base of corolla; filaments erect; anthers hairy; ovary 4-celled, villous without, 1 mm long; style short, 1 mm long; stigma truncate. Fruit a berry, 8 x 4 mm, oblong; seeds ellipsoid, laterally compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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:
700-1300
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Localities:
Munnar, Agastyarkudam, Chemungi, Attayar, Chemungi
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