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Miliusa velutina
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Miliusa velutina (Dunal) Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 151. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 87. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 21(15). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 47. 1990; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 222. 1993.
Uvaria velutina Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 91.1817.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanakaitha, Villooni
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous tree upto 10 m tall; young branches tomentose. Leaves broadly ovate-elliptic to obovate, acute to shortly acuminate with rounded to cordate base, pilose to subtomentose above, tomentose below. Young leaves covered on both sides with very dense appressed silky hairs. Petiole 2-8 mm, stout, tomentose. Peduncle 6-25 mm, tomentose, extra-axillary or terminal on short, lateral branches, three to six flowered. Pedicel 33-88 mm, tomentose. Bract and bracteole minute, tomentose, caducous. Sepals and petals externally covered with very dense appressed golden hairs. Sepals free, ovate, acute. Petals glabrous within, outer 3-7 x 2-2.5 mm, yellowish, lanceolate, acute, inner 7-18 x 6-10 mm, broadly ovate, subacute. Receptacle convex and glabrous. Stamens 1 mm long, orbicular, connective-tip membranous, scarcely exceeding the locules, locules equal, filament short and thick, perpendicular to the anther. Carpel 2-2.5 mm long, ovary densely woolly dorsally, 2-ovuled, stigma clavate. Monocarps many, ovoid, pilose, 1-2-seeded, stipe tomentose, 5-8 mm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India to South East Asia
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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
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Anmooly slopes, Mukkali forests
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