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Sageraea laurina
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Sageraea laurina Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew. Gard. Misc. 3: 207. 1851.
Guatteria laurifolia Graham, Cat. 4. 1839, non Dunal 1817.
Sageraea laurifolia (Graham) Blatt., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 34: 294. 1930; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 282. 1993; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 42. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 6. 2002.
Sageraea dalzellii Bedd., Ic. t. 42. 1874,p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 12(8). 1915; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 33. 1996; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 170. 2005.
Bocagea dalzellii (Bedd.) Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 92. 1872, p. p.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kanakaitha, Manyarei, Manjanara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m; bole pyramidal; bark surface black, smooth, often blotched with grey; blaze creamy yellow; young shoots glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, drooping, estipulate; petiole 10-12 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 10-30 x 3.5-10 cm, elliptic or broadly oblong; base acute, attenuate or obtuse; apex acute; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves 10-15 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, 15-18 mm across, in axillary fascicles with a few scaly bracts at the base of the pedicels; sepals 3, 3 x 5 mm orbicular, ciliate, slightly connate at base; outer petals yellow, 13 x 8 mm, orbicular, concave, ciliate along margin, inner petals similar but smaller than the outer; torus scarcely elevated; stamens upto 25, in 2 or more rows; outer sometimes sterile and flattened, connectives produced, not concealing the anthers, anthers oblong; carpels 3-6, hairy, ovules 1-8, style absent, stigma capitate. Fruit an aggregate of berries, green, fruitlets 7-7.5 x 3.5 cm, globose; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Near Threatened (NT)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Kottayali, Vaniampuzha
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