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Polyalthia cerasoides
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Polyalthia cerasoides (Roxb.) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 1. 1869; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 17(12). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 48. 1990; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 270. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 4. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 18. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 12. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 5. 2002; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 163. 2005.
Uvaria cerasoides Roxb., Pl. Corom. 33. 19. 1795.
Guatteria cerasoides (Roxb.) Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 127. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 139. 1855.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherunedunar, Narela
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Medium sized evergreen trees, to 15 m; bark black or pale grey, smooth; branches horizontal, young branches minutely tomentose, old glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 3-5 mm, slender, tomentose, grooved above; lamina 4-20 x 2-4 cm, oblong-lanceolate or ovate; base obtuse or acute; apex acute or acuminate; margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above and pubescent beneath; lateral veins 4-12 pairs, ascending, slender, pinnate, slightly raised beneath, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, green, axillary or extra axillary, solitary or 2-3 fascicled, 8-13 mm across; sepals 3, free, ovate, 5-8 x 3-4 mm, appressed hairy outside, glabrous inside, petals 6 (3+3), 6-8 x 4 mm, puberulous, outer ones oblong or ovate, inner ones linear or lanceolate, vaulted, slightly inflexed, dull green; torus convex; stamens numerous, cuneate, anther thecae extrorse, cells remote, connectives almost flat at top, concealing the anthers; carpels many, oblong-linear, stalked, 1.5-2 mm long, dark red, covered with stiff hairs, ovule 1, basal, ascending; stigma clavate, slightly curved. Fruit an aggregate of berries, red, fruitlets 15-18 mm long, ellipsoid to broadly ovoid, puberulent; seed 1, globose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India to South East Asia
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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):
Green
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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:
Rosemala, Kuchimudi, Mangavada, Walayar, Ariankavu
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