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Moringa concanensis
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Family:
MORINGACEAE
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Citation: Moringa concanensis Nimmo ex Dalzell & Gibson, Bombay Fl. 311. 1861.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumuringa
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Description:
Trees; branchlets warty, tomentose. Leaves alternate, 2-pinnate, 100 x 80 cm; pinnae 5-8 pairs, opposite; leaflets odd-pinnate, 4-6 pairs, opposite, broad-ovate or elliptic, 1-3 x 1-2 cm, chartaceous, glaucous below, base rotund, margin entire, apex obtuse, retuse, apiculae; petiole to 8 cm, pulvinate; petiolule 2 mm. Panicles ca. 20 cm, lax, divaricate, pubescent; peduncle to 6 cm; bracts and bracteoles linear 1-2 mm; pedicel jointed, to 1 cm. Flowers 1.5 cm across. Calyx -lobes 5, oblong, subequal, 0.8-1.2 x 0.4-0.6 cm, tomentose. Petals 5, white, with purple streaks, oblong-obovate, 1.5 x 0.5 cm, unequal. Fertile stamens 5; filaments 4-6 mm, pubescent; anthers 2 mm; staminodes declinate. Ovary stipitate, tomentose, 3 mm; ovules numerous on 3 parietal placentae; style slender; stigma truncate, perforate. Capsule to 60 x 1.5 cm, beaked; seeds numerous, 3-angled, 2 x 1.5 cm; wings hyaline.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
West 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):
White
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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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