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Isonandra stocksii
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Isonandra stocksii Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 539. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 761(535). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 264. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 187. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 227. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 179. 2002.
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high, bark brown; branchlets stout; sympodial. Leaves simple, alternate-spiral, estipulate; petiole 5-8 mm long, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 4-9 x 2-5 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse or obtusely acute or slightly emarginate, margin entire, revolute, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, regular, raised beneath; intercostae obscure. Flowers bisexual, yellow, from the leafless nodes, fascicled, sessile; bracts and bracteoles minute, obtuse; calyx lobes 4, 2 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse, hairy outside; corolla 5 mm long, lobes 4, oblong, emarginate, curved in; stamens 8, subequal, attached near the base of corolla; anthers oblong, acute; ovary 4-celled, superior, tomentose; style linear.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Pandimotta, Arjunankotta, Karimala
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