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Osyris quadripartita
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Family:
SANTALACEAE
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Citation: Osyris quadripartita Salzm. ex Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 6: 65. 1836; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 276. 1999.
Osyris wightiana Wall. ex Wight, Ic. t. 1853. 1852.
Osyris arborea Wall. ex A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 14: 633. 1857; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 232. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1262(883). 1925.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pulluruvi, Vellachandanam
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Description:
Shrubs glabrous shrubs; branchlets sharply triangular. Leaves simple, alternate, to 4 x 2 cm, elliptic, mucronate, glaucous and pubescent below; petiole 1-3 mm. Flowers yellowisg-green, small axillary. Male flowers in long peduncled shortly pedicelled 5-10 flowered umbels; bisexual flowers 1-3 on peduncles. Flowers 3-merous; tepals of male flowers basally connate, 2 mm, ovate, hairy inside, spreading; stamens exserted. Ovary inferior sunk in the perianth tube; ovules 2-4, pendulous; style short, stigma 3-lobed. Drupe 5-8 mm long, yellow, subglobose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and montane scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, Peninsular India to Subtropical Himalaya on the hills
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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):
Green, 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:
Nellimedu, Churullipetty, Vattavada
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