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Munronia pinnata
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Munronia pinnata (Wall.) Harms, Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 35: 78. 1917; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 49. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 89. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 111. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 97. 1996; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 497. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 60. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 40. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 57. 2002; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 656. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 210. 2009.
Turraea pinnata Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 21. t.119. 1831.
Munronia wallichii Wight, Illustr. 1: t.54. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 543. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 175(125). 1915.
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Description:
Shrubs, younger parts villous. Leaves imparipinnate, 10-14 foliolate; leaflets opposite, 9-13 x 4-5.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded, hispid, below. Cymes short, axillary; flowers few, pedicel to 1 cm long; calyx tubular, lobes 8 x 3 mm, oblanceolate, leafy; petals 5, white, 3 cm long, spathulate, partly cohering below; staminal tube to 2 cm long, 10-toothed; anthers 10, apiculate; ovary 5-celled, cell 2-ovuled, style slender, longer than staminal tube. Capsule to 1.5 cm across, depressed globose, hispid; seeds 5, 7 x 5 mm, oblong, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Kumarikulam, Karimala, Silent Valley R. F., Campshed area, Aruvanpara, Chandanathode, Ayyappankovil-Nelliyampathi Ghat, Olichuchattam
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