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Mammea longifolia
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Family:
CLUSIACEAE/GUTTIFERAE
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Citation: Mammea longifolia (Wight) Planch. & Triana, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 4, 15: 240. 1861.
Calysaccion longifolium Wight, Illustr. 1: 130. 1840 & Ic. t. 1999. 1853.
Ochrocarpus longifolius (Wight) Anders. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 270. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 75(54). 1915.
Mammea suriga (Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb.) Kosterm., Comm. For. Res. Inst. Indones. Bogor 72: 33, f.19. 1961; N.P. Singh in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 132. 1993; W. Arisdason & P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 347. 2005.
Calophyllum suriga Buch.-Ham. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 608. 1832, nom. illeg.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Punna, Seraya, Suran-punna
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Indian laurel
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Description:
Evergreen tree, to 18 m tall, monoecious; bark rough, defoliating in irregular pieces; latex milky; branchlets obscurely 4-angled. Leaves opposite or verticillate, at ends of branchlets, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or elliptic, obtuse, acute or shortly cuneate at base, entire at margin, emarginate, retuse or short-acuminate at apex, 12-20 x 4.5-7.8 cm, glabrous, midnerve stout, channelled above, raised and striate beneath; lateral nerves 15-20 pairs, faint, connected by dense reticulate nervation; petioles stout, 6-10 mm long, channelled above. Fascicles in axils of fallen leaves. Flowers uni-and bisexual, ca 1 cm across, white or pinkish; bracteoles ca 8, subulate, 1-1.5 mm long; pedicels slender, thick above, 1.5-2.5 cm long. Calyx opening into 2 valves; lobes obtuse with a minute cusp at apex, concave, reflexed during anthesis, 5-7 mm long, reddish. Petals 4, ovate or oblong-obovate, 4-5 x 8.5-10 mm, white with red streaks, caducous. Stamens 60-100; filaments 4-5 mm long; anthers oblong or linear, retuse at apex, 2-3 x 0.5-0.8 mm. Ovary depressed-subglobose, 2-2.5 mm, 2-4 loculed; styles subulate, 1.5-3 mm long; stigmas large, umbonate, peltate, obscurely sinuate or 2-lobed; berries obliquely ovoid, 2.2-3 x 1-1.5 cm, with a hard pointed style at apex; seeds 1-4, ca 2 x 1 cm; stalks 1.7-2.5 cm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Bangladesh
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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):
White, Pink
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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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