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Pterocymbium tinctorium var. javanicum
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Family:
STERCULIACEAE
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Citation: Pterocymbium tinctorium (Blanco) Merr. var. javanicum (R. Br.) Kosterm., Reinwardtia 7: 440. 1969; Sivar. et al., Higher Pl. Indian Subcont. 2: 5. 1991; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 70. 1996.
Pterocymbium javanicum R. Br. in Bennett & Br., Pl. Jav. Rar. 219. 1844.
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m high, bark grey-brown. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules ca. 6 mm long, subulate, cauducous; petiole 3-10 cm long, slender; lamina 10-15 x 7-12 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, base cordate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; 5-7-ribbed from the base, palmate, prominent, intercostae scalariform. Flowers polygamous, in terminal umbellate panicles; calyx 1.5 x 4 cm, campanulate, glabrous, lobes 5, lanceolate; stamens 10 or 8, united to form a staminal column, pubescent below; ovary superior, 5, free, sessile, gibbous at base; styles short. Fruit a follicle, 5-9 x 1.8-2.5 cm, boat shaped with a pouch-like bulging at base, glabrous, membranous, 2-lobed, lower broad, round, upper linear, obtuse, glabrous, dehiscing before maturity; seed 1, 1 cm long, basal, ellipsoid to ovoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Palakkad, Thrissur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Raised in plantations
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Distribution:
Andamans to Malesia
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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):
Red, Green, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Peruvannammuzhi
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