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Nothapodytes nimmoniana
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Family:
ICACINACEAE
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Citation: Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. in Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab. 88. 1980; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 65. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 114. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 99. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 53. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 94. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 120. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 115. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 113. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 104. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 64. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 54. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 141. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 65. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 42. 2000; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 31. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 261. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 61. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 156. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 123. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 688. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 216. 2009.
Premna nimmoniana Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 155. 1839.
Stemonurus foetidus Wight, Ic. t. 955. 1845.
Mappia foetida (Wight) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 395. 1852; 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
Nothapodytes foetida (Wight) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 15: 247. 1940 & Blumea 17: 232. 1969.
Mappia wightiana Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
Mappia tomentosa Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
Mappia ovata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 9: 396. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Peenari, Pulippacha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, bark yellowish, wrinkled; branchlets angled, appressed-hairy, corky, with prominent petiolar scars. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate, 7-18 x 4-8 cm, broadly ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base oblique, round or acute, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; petiole 30-60 mm, stout, pubescent, grooved above; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, creamy yellow, 5 mm across, in terminal pubescent corymbose cymes or panicles. Calyx cupular, 1 mm long, 5-toothed. Petals 5, 3 mm long, villous within, apically inflexed. Stamens 5, free; disc cupular; ovary ovoid, hairy, 1-celled, ovules 2; style angled; stigma stout. Fruit a drupe, 2 x 1 cm, ellipsoid, blackish-purple; seed glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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):
Creamy, 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:
400-2200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Mukkola, Kallar, Pachakkanam, Orukomban, Kanthaloor forests, Peermade, Sispara, Sabarimala, Chandanathode, Taliparamba, Devicolam, Mukkali forests, Karuvarakundu, Vellarimala, Pongalapara
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