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Madhuca longifolia var. longifolia
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) J.F. Macbr., Contrib. Gray Herb. Harv. Univ. (ns) 53: 17. 1918, var. longifolia; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 266. 1990; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 227. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 295. 2005.
Bassia longifolia Koenig in L., Mant. Pl. 2: 563. 1771; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 544. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 763(537). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ilupa, Irippa, Madhookam, Njannal, Poonam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
South Indian mahua
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Description:
Medium-sized to large much-branched deciduous trees. Leaves crowded at apex of year's growth, 6-15 x 1.5-4 cm, narrowly oblong, elliptic, oblanceolate or obovate, rounded to acuminate at the apex, cuneate at the base, glabrous when mature, midrib and petiole silky hairy at first; lateral nerves about 10-12 pairs; venation reticulate; petioles slender, 1-2.5 cm long. Flowers solitary in axils of small deciduous bracts; pedicels slender, 3-5 cm long, somewhat thickened toward apex, glabrous, at first erect then drooping. Sepals ovate, 8 x 6 mm, acuminate, the outer pair usually nearly glabrous and darker, the inner finely tometose and paler. Corolla yellowish, whitish or yellowish green, fleshy; tube inflated, 8 mm long; lobes 8-12, oblong, about as long as tube, obtuse, erose. Anthers 16-24, those of the upper whorl sessile, hairy. Style exserted 2 cm. Fruit yellow, oblong or oblong-ellipsoid, 33.5 x 1.7-2.3 cm; seeds ochraceous, ovoid, slightly compressed, one edge straight, the other curved, with short curved beak at both ends, shining.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, India, Tropical Himalaya
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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, White, 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:
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IUCN status:
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