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Rhus sinuata
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Rhus sinuata Thunb., Prodr. Pl. Cap. 52. 1794; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 494. 2000; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 814. 2005.
Rhus mysorensis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2:74.1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:9.1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 264(188).1918; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 138. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 80. 1999.
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Description:
Small armed trees; branchlets pubescent. Terminal leaflets 4 x 2.5 cm, lateral ones 2 x 1.5 cm, emarginate, margins broadly sinuate, sparsely pubescent, sessile; petiole 2.5 cm, pubescent. Racemes axillary and terminal, 5-6 cm long; flowers polygamous, white, pedicels 2-3 mm, female flowers-sepals 5, 0.5 mm, pubescent; petals 1.5 mm, ovate; ovary one celled, styles 3, lateral, stigma globose. Drupe 5 mm across, ovoid, compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Pakistan
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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:
-900
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Localities:
Churullipetty, Marayur, Attapady block-Mukkali
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