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Photinia integrifolia var. sublanceolata
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Photinia integrifolia Lindl., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 103. 1821, var. sublanceolata Miq., Fl. Ind. Bat. 1: 387. 1857; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 96. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 65. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 246. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 53. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 240. 2002.
Photinia notoniana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 1: 302. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 380. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 445(316). 1919; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 123. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Choluvan, Choluvannamaram, Kalappamaram
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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 reddish-brown. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules subulate, lateral, deciduous; petiole 25-32 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 6-13 x 5-7.5 cm, elliptic, or obovate, base acute or oblique, apex obliquely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, slender, parallel, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, pinkish-white, in much branched terminal corymbs; peduncle, branches of inflorescence and pedicels with a cover of short appressed hairs; bracteoles absent; calyx tube adnate to the ovary; lobes 5, short, persistent; petals 5, spreading, claws of the petals glabrous; stamens 20, inserted on the mouth of the calyx; ovary half inferior, densely pilose at apex, 2-3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; styles 2 to 3, more or less connate at base; stigma truncate. Fruit a drupe, reddish-purple with 2 pyrenes each in a crustaceous endocarp; seeds compressed, pointed at both ends.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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:
-2050
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Localities:
Kadapathura, Sispara, Lock-hert gap, Kunda hills, Vattappara, Pongalapara
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