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Mallotus aureopunctatus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Mallotus aureopunctatus (Dalz.) Muell.-Arg. in DC., Prodr. 15: 973. 1866; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1323(925). 1925; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 342. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 422. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 419. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 406. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 290. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 294. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 145. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 744. 2009.
Rottlera aureopunctata Dalz. in Hook.'s J.Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3:122.1851.
Mallotus lawii Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 34: 192. 1865; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 438. 1887 p.p.
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Description:
Large shrubs; branchlets minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite, oblong or obovate, acuminate, base obtuse or subtruncate, shortly sinuate crenate, margin recurved, to 15 x 5cm. Male racemes to 8 cm long, pubescent; female to 7 cm, flowers few, distant. Perianth lobes of male broadly ovate, obtuse, densely tomentose, 2 mm long. Ovary with soft echinate processes; style short, stigma 2, plumose. Capsule to 1 cm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Creamy, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Kallar, Rosemala, Mamood, Pezha, Orukomban, Ezhimala, Panoth, Payyavur, Lock-hert gap, Boneccord, Vandalodu, Teppakulam
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