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Salacia oblonga
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Salacia oblonga Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 106.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:628.1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 215(155). 1918; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 109. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 70. 1998; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 160. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 323. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 721. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ponkorandi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Stout climbers, branchlets densely lenticellate, lenticels elongate. Leaves simple, opposite to subopposite, 21 x 8 cm, oblong, acute or obtuse at apex, acute at base, green when dry; nerves 8-10 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Peduncle short, stout, many-flowered. Flowers many, greenish yellow. Sepals 1.5 mm across, orbicular. Petals 2.5 mm long, ovate. Berry ca. 4 cm across, orange-red, smooth.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Thrissur, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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:
700-1500
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Vazhani, Pachakkanam, Arjunankotta
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