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Pittosporum tetraspermum
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Family:
PITTOSPORACEAE
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Citation: Pittosporum tetraspermum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 154. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 198. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 55(40). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 14. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 63. 1990; M.P. Nayar & G.S. Giri in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 447. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 63. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 47. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 64. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 62. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 20. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 24. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 22. 2000; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 286. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 126. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kachappatta, Analivetham, Analivegam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs, to 2 m tall; bark rough, grey outside, pungent smelling when cut, granular. Leaves pseudoverticillate towards the branch tips, 6-9 x 2-4 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends, 10-12-nerved; midrib tomentose above and below; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in terminal sessile umbels, pedicels 5 mm long. Sepals 2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse, pubescent. Petals creamy-white, 12 x 3 mm, oblanceolate, clawed. Staminal filaments 6 mm long. Ovary densely hairy; style 4 mm long, glabrous. Capsule 8 x 8 mm, globose, smooth, black.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen, shola and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
South 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):
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:
Sholayar, Vallakkadavu, Sispara, Damsite, Old Devicolam, Ayyappankovil, Karuvarakundu, Vellarimala
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