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Nageia wallichiana
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Family:
PODOCARPACEAE
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Citation: Nageia wallichiana (Pers.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 2: 800. 1891; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 440. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 590. 2005.
Podocarpus wallichianus Pers., Bot. Bremek.110. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1393(975). 1934; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 487. 1984.
Podocarpus latifolia Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 1: 26. t.30. 1830, non (Thunb.) R.Br. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 649. 1888.
Decussocarpus wallichianus (Pers.) Laubenf., J. Arnold Arbor. 50: 349. 1969.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nirambali
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Nageia
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Description:
Tall evergreen trees, to 30 m high; bark 0.65 cm, greyish-brown, smooth, molted with brown and white. Leaves simple, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 5 mm, short, flat, glabrous; lamina 7.5-17.5 x 2-5 cm, linear-lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute; apex acute; margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves many, linear-parallel, close, slender, prominent. Flowers unisexual; male flowers 0.85 cm in 2-5 flowered pedunculate clusters; bracts imbricate; anthers sessile, spirally crowed; scales ovate-acuminate; female flowers solitary; pedicels 1.3 cm; bracts fleshy, forming a peduncle to the fleshy ovuliferous scale to which the ovule is adnate. Seed ovoid, 2.5 cm, seated on fleshy receptacle solitary, subglobose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
,g,
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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:
Kakki hills, Agastyarkudam
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