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Shorea roxburghii
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Family:
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
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Citation: Shorea roxburghii G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 813. 1831; Tewary & Sarkar, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 11: 104. 1987; K.P. Janardh. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 239. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 32. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 24. 2002; K.P. Janardh. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 369. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 142. 2009.
Shorea talura Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 618. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 304. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 83(60). 1915.
Vatica laccifera Wight & Arn., Prodr. 84.1834.
Shorea laccifera (Wight & Arn.) Heyne ex Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 6. 1869.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Jal, Thalooram, Varangi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Lac tree, Taloora Lac tree
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m, bark brownish to greyish-brown, longitudinally fissured, blaze creamy-yellow, fibrous; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipule large, coriaceous; petiole 10-25 mmlong, stout, glabrous, lamina 6-18 x 3.5-9 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic lanceolate, base round or subcordate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 12-16 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers bisexual, light pink, 10-13 mm long, in drooping axillary and terminal panicles; pedicels to 5 mm; sepals 5; 3 lobes much enlarged than the other 2, basally connate, ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, accrescent, imbricate; petals 5, oblong, densely villous without; stamens 15; filaments to 1 mm; anthers 1.5 mm, linear; connectives appendaged, to 1.5 mm; ovary superior, globose, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style to 4 mm; stigma 3-lobed. Fruit a capsule, enclosed within accrescent sepals; wings oblong, unequal, 4-7 cm, prominently nerved; seed solitary, obovoid 7 x 4 mm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Pink
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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:
Palapetty, Karimutty, Anappadi
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