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Pittosporum wightii
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Family:
PITTOSPORACEAE
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Citation: Pittosporum wightii A.K. Mukherjee, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 50. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 63, Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 19. 1998.
Pittosporum napaulensis sensu M.P. Nayar & Giri, Fl. Ind. Fasc. 6: 8. 1980, non (DC.) Redher & Wilson 1916.
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high. Leaves crowed towards the branch-tips, to 14 x 4 cm, acute, obscurely 6-7-nerved; petiole 2 cm long. Panicle to 5 x 5 cm, branches puberulus. Flowers in clusters of 5-12; pedicels 3 mm long; sepals 2 x 1 mm, oblong, obtuse, ciliate; petals creamy white, 5 x 1.5 mm long, oblong, obtuse, glabrous; filaments erect, glabrous; ovary sparsely hairy. Capsule globose, glabrous; seeds 6.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Creamy, 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
On the banks of Kunthipuzha
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