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Salacia macrosperma
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Salacia macrosperma Wight, Ic. t. 962. 1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 628. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 215(154). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 57. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,30. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 69. 1998; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 157. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 720. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 226. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanakoranti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout climbers; branchlets stout, black, densely lenticellate. Leaves to 11 x 4 cm, elliptic, acute at apex and base, crenulate; petioles to 8 mm long. Flowers many, on large axillary or extra-axillary tubercles; pedicels 5-7 mm long, slender; sepals 1.5 mm long, ovate, acute; petals 2 mm long, ovate, acute, pink. Berry 3 cm across, globose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and 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):
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
-1600
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Kottamala, Kummattanthode
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