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Pittosporum napaulense
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Family:
PITTOSPORACEAE
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Citation: Pittosporum napaulense (DC.) Rehder & Wilson, Pl. Wilson. 3: 326. 1916; M.P. Nayar & G.S. Giri in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 445. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 24. 1999; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 285. 2005.
Senacia napaulensis DC., Prodr. 1: 347. 1824.
Pittosporum floribundum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 154. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:199.1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 55(40).1915; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 19. 1998.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kasumaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees; branchlets terete, lenticellate, pubescent. Leaves fascicled, 8-16 x 3-4 cm, cuneate, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or slightly acuminate, glabrous; petiole to 2 cm. Corymbs terminal, much branched, to 11 cm long, pubescent; flowers white; sepals 1-1.25 mm, ovate, margin ciliate; petals 6 x 2 mm, oblong, basally united, recurved; stamens free, yellow, 4 mm long; ovary 1-5 celled, ovate, pubescent; style 1, stigma 2-5-lobed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and shola forests
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, China and Madagascar
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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:
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Localities:
Olippara, Thannikkudy
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