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Symplocos macrocarpa ssp. kanarana
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos macrocarpa Wight ex Clarke ssp. kanarana (Talbot) Nooteb., Rev. Symplocac. 22. 1975; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 267. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 272. 1990; Chandra., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 19: 446. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 196. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 503. 2009.
Symplocos kanarana Talbot, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 11: 238. t.9. 1897-1898; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 782(550). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malamparala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 7 m high, bark smooth; branchlets glabrous Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 6-8 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lamina 7-15 x 3-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong, base acute, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin crenulate-serrate, glabrous, glossy, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, pinnate, slender; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual, white, in short axillary spikes; bracts solitary at the base of each pedicel; bracteoles early cauducous; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5; corolla rotate, lobes 5, 3-3.5 mm; stamens numerous; stamens numerous, unequal, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short, ovary inferior, ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle. Fruit a drupe, 3 x 1.5 cm, smooth, glabrous, yellow becomes obtusely 5-6 furrowed; seeds 1-3, oblong.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Choodal, Goodrical Range, Chandanathode, Mandhampatti-Mukkali, Manthampotty
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