| |
Phyllanthus indofischeri
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Phyllanthus indofischeri Bennet, Indian For. 109: 221. 1983; Sasidh., Zoo's Print J. 16: 407. 2001; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 369. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 750. 2009.
Emblica fischeri Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 330. 1925; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1295(906). 1925, non Pax 1894.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
Karanelli
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Small deciduous trees, to 10 m high; bark pale brown, peeling off in scales; branchlets distichous, pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, 12-70 in a branchlets; stipules minute, lateral, triangular at base, scarious, deep brown; petiole 1 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 1.3-2.3 x 0.5-1 cm, oblong; base oblique, cordate or rounded, apex obtuse or retuse, margin entire, glabrous, glandular beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 4-7 pairs, pinnate, slender, obscure, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers unisexual, in axillary fascicles, yellowish-green; male flowers: pedicels 4 mm long, glabrous; tepals 6, 3-4 x 1-2 mm, obovate; stamens 3; filaments connate in a column; anthers united, 1-1.5 mm; female flowers: tepals 6, 1.5-1.7 x 0.8-1 mm, oblong, fleshy; ovary superior, 1.5-2 x 0.5-0.75 mm, ovary 3-celled, ovoid, ovules 2 in each cell; style short, bifid. Frit a drupe, 2.5-4 cm; pyrenes 3, 2 seeded; seeds 6 mm long, trigonus.
|
| |
Habit:
Tree
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
|
| |
Medicinal:
Yes
|
| |
Habitat:
Deciduous forests
|
| |
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
White, Creamy
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
Yes
|
| |
Vegetable:
Yes
|
| |
Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
600-1200
|
| |
Localities:
|