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Symplocos foliosa
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos foliosa Wight, Ic. t. 1234. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 582. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 783(550). 1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 267. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 271. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 233. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 420. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 503. 2009.
Symplocos nervosa Wight, Ic. t. 1235. 1848, non DC. 1844.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Parala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high; branchlets fulvous tomentose, glabrous when mature. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-12 x 2-5 cm, elliptic or oblong, apex acuminate, base acute, margin serrate, glabrous, coriaceous; petiole 5-20 mm, long, stout, tomentose, grooved above; lateral nerves 8-12 pairs, pinnate, glabrous, prominent, midrib beneath hispid; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white; spikes unbranched, densely fulvous tomentose; bracts 4-6 x 2-2.5 mm, cauducous, brown tomentose; bracteoles early cauducous. Calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, lobes 2-3 mm long, ovate, pubescent, tube 2-2.5 mm. Corolla lobes 5, 3.5-4 mm long, orbicular, ciliate. Stamens 30-40, unequal, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short. Ovary 2-2.5 mm long, inferior; ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle; style filiform; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 10 x 5 mm, ovoid, yellow.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1000
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Localities:
Uppupara, Swamikkayam, Tirunalli, Aruvampara, Bonaccord
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