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Strombosia ceylanica
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Family:
OLACACEAE
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Citation: Strombosia ceylanica Gard., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 350. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 579. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 191(137). 1915; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 101. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 63. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 63. 1998; Uniyal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 14. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 60. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 122. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 677. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 214. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kalkadambu, Kalmanikkam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark 3-4 mm thick, smooth, greenish-grey mottled with green, with shallow annular depression; blaze deep pink-red, lamellate with concentric lighter striations; branches drooping; branchlets glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate, 8-18 x 3.5-6 cm, oblong-lanceolate, ovate-lanceolate, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, bapex acute or acuminate, ase obtuse, acute or round, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, lower surface papillate, nerves 3 from the base; petiole 10-15 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae subscalariform, obscure. Flowers bisexual, 1.5-2 mm across, greenish-white, in axillary cymes; pedicels 1.5 mm long. Calyx 1 mm long, cupular, accrescent, 5-lobed. Petals 5, 2.5 x 1 mm, free, oblong, ovate, tomentose inside. Stamens 5, opposite the petals and adnate to them, anthers introrse. Ovary imperfectly 4-5-celled, surrounded by a lobed disc, ovules 4-5, pendulous; style short. Fruit a drupe 2.5 cm long, pyriform, deep purple rugose, surrounded by the remains of calyx lobes and style; stone crustaceous; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen 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):
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:
Vellanimala, Chimmini, Vazhani, Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Pamba, Parambikulam, Gurunadhan mannu, Kokkathode
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