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Salix tetrasperma
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Family:
SALICACEAE
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Citation: Salix tetrasperma Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 97. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 626. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1390(973). 1928; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 266. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 442. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 458. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 396. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 300. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 314. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 777. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Attupala, Puzhappanji, Vanchi, Vanchimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous dioecious trees, to 25 m high, bark 10-12 thick, pale brown, rough, vertically fissured; blaze red; young branches silky pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, ovate, cauducous; petiole 10-25 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 6-15 x 2-5 cm, ovate, lanceolate or ovate-lanceolate; base acute or rounded; apex acuminate; margin serrate, glabrous and shining above, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 10-18 pairs, pinnate, close, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers unisexual, in axillary catkins, to 6 cm long, minutely silky villous; male yellowish; female greenish; bracts ovate, 2 x 2 mm, densely woolly; perianth absent; stamens 5-12, unequal, free, with 2 glands at the base; anthers basifixed; disc yellow, ovary stalked, superior, 1-celled, ovoid, 4-6 ovuled; stigma 2, branched again. Fruit a capsule, 4 mm, 2-4 valved; seeds 1-4, oblong, with long deciduous hairs.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along riverbanks in semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and South China
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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):
White, 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:
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Localities:
Vanchikulam, Thannikkudy, Chenthamara, Orukomban, Mukkali forests, Panthenthode border, Tolpetty, Karivara slopes, Karappa
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