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Saurauia nepaulensis
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Family:
THEACEAE
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Citation: Saurauia napaulensis DC., Mem. Soc. Phys. Genev. 1: 421. 1822.
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Spreading tree; branched from base; branchlets covered with scurfy indumentum and brown scales. Leaves simple, oblong to elliptic, to 50 x 16 cm, subcoriaceous, base rounded, margin serrate and sharply serrulate, acuminate, rusty below, crowded at apices of branchlets; petiole to 8 cm. Panicles cymose, to 35 cm, axillary; peduncles reddish-brown, tomentose; pedicels to 2 cm; bracteoles elliptic-acute, deciduous. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 5, ovate, to 0.8 cm, imbricate, yellowish, margins pink. Petals 5, pink, broadly urceolate, 1 x 1.5 cm, basally connate; lobes reflexed. Stamens numerous; filaments stout, to 5 mm, bent over the ovary; anthers 2-celled, dehiscence apical porous. Ovary globose, 5-celled; ovules many, axile; styles 5, spreading, basally connate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted
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Distribution:
India and Himalayas
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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, Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
Devicolam
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