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Pleurostylia opposita
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Pleurostylia opposita (Wall.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6: (Suppl.) 48. 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 115. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 117. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 67. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 67. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 69. 1998; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 134. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 162. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 126. 2005; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 715. 2005.
Celastrus opposita Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 398. 1824.
Pleurostylia wightii Wight & Arn., Prodr. 157.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:617.1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 211(152). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karuvali
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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 white-corky, vertically shallowly fissured. Leaves opposite, 7 x 3 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, glabrous, entire, many-nerved. Flowers in axillary cymes, shortly peduncled; pedicels 3 mm long; sepals 5, ovate, free; petals pale yellow or white, 2.5 mm long, oblong, spreading, stamens 5, filaments curved; ovary 1-celled; ovules 2; stigma subsessile, peltate. Drupe 5 x 4 mm, obliquely obovate, white, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South Asia, Madagascar and Mauritius
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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, 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:
500-700
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Kallar, Vellimala, Naduthottam, Ranni, Thenmalai, Bonaccord, Karamanayar region
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