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Maclura spinosa
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Family:
MORACEAE
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Citation: Maclura spinosa (Heyne ex Willd.) C.C. Berg., Proc. Kon. Nederl. Akad. Wetensch. C. 39: 245. 1986.
Tropis spinosa Heyne ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 734. 1806.
Plecospermum spinosum Trecul, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 8: 124. 1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 491. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1353(947). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Venninkodi
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Description:
Armed, dioecious stragglers; latex milky. Leaves alternate, elliptic-ovate to oblanceolate, to 8 x 4.5 cm, (sub)coriaceous, base acute, apex broadly ovate; petiole to 1.5 cm; stipules minute. Staminate and pistillate flowers sessile, aggregated in groups of 1-3, axillary, pedunculate, capitate clusters; peduncle to 1 cm. Staminate: bract basal; bracteoles intermixed with flowers. Tepals 4, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 4, inflexed in bud; anthers reflexed later. Pistillode minute, hairy. Pistillate: Tepals 4-toothed, connate into a fleshy head. Ovary sunken; style simple. Syncarps irregularly shaped, more or less angled, to 1 cm wide, enclosing a few anthocarps, with achenes immersed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sacred groves
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
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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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