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Kingiodendron pinnatum
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Kingiodendron pinnatum (Roxb. ex DC.) Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 1(1): 194. 1897; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 412(292). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 163. 1984; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 32. 1992; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 119. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 165. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 109. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 123. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 215. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 326. 2009.
Hardwickia pinnata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 2: 487. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 270. 1878.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chukennappayin, Churali, Ennappayin, Kiyavu, Kulavu, Madayan-samranni, Malabar mahogany
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 5-8 mm thick, surface greyish-brown with green blotches, rough; exuding a reddish sticky resin. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; leaflets 5-9, alternate, 4.5-10.5 x 2-4.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate or oblong, apex acuminate, falcate or oblique, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; stipules minute, lateral, cauducous; rachis 10-15.2 cm, slender, pulvinate, glabrous; petiolule 5-10 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-13,pinnate, slender, prominent, secondary laterals present, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 2-3 mm across, white, in axillary and terminal panicled racemes. Calyx tube almost wanting, lobes 5, broadly ovate, imbricate. Petals 0; disc very small. Stamens 10, equal, filaments filiform, villous at base; anthers versatile. Ovary half inferior, sessile, villous at base; ovules 2; style subulate; stigma minute, oblique. Fruit a pod, 4-5 x 2-2.5 cm, ovate-ellipsoid, turgid, obtusely beaked, prominently veined, dark brown, indehiscent; seed one, pendulous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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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):
Green, Creamy
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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:
500-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Kattalappara, Koruthode, Kalangkunnu
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