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Strychnos colubrina
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Family:
LOGANIACEAE
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Citation: Strychnos colubrina L., Sp. Pl. 189. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 87. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 868(610). 1923; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 297. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 255. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 199. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 457. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 541. 2009.
Strychnos wallichiana Steud. ex A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 9: 13. 1845; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 262. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 289. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 303. 1994; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 296. 1990; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 100. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 325. 2005.
Strychnos rheedei Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 87. 1883.
Strychnos cinnamomifolia Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 201. 1860, var. wightii Hill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 194. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 869(610). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 172. 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Modirakanjiram, Vallikanjiram
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Description:
Tendrillate climbers. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-8 x 3-5 cm, broadly elliptic, abruptly acuminate, shining, green or black when dry; 3-ribbed, nervules prominent, irregular. Cymes axillary and terminal, peduncled, 5-6 cm across. Flowers many; pedicels 2 mm long. Calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, obtuse, ciliate. Corolla greenish yellow, tube 10 mm long, hairy inside, lobes 4 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse. Anthers sessile. Ovary hirsute; ovules manu; style 12 mm long, hirsute, stigmas bilobed, globose. Berry globose, 6-8 cm across, glabrous, greenish; seeds 2.5 cm long, ovoid, flattened.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-July
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, along banks of streams
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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, Green
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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:
400-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Koruthode, Kallar, Orukomban, Angamoozhy, Kannoth, Mukkali forests, Muthappanpuzha, Kottur
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