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Symplocos macrophylla ssp. macrophylla
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex A. DC in DC., Prodr. 8: 257. 1844, ssp. macrophylla; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 578. 1882; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 281. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 233. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 421. 2002.
Symplocos gardneriana Wight, Ic. t. 1231. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 582. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 782(550). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malankuruvi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 7 m high; young branches rusty tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 7.5 -15 x 3.5 -7.5 cm, elliptic , elliptic-ovate, base acute or rounded, apex acute to acuminate, margin crenulate, recurved when old, glabrous above, rusty villous beneath, coriaceous, yellow when dry; petiole 10 -20 mm, stout, tomentose; lateral nerves 10 -12 pairs, prominent, pinnate, villous, midrib raised beneath; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 0.85cm across, sessile, in axillary spike, 5cm, densely rusty villous; bracts small. Calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, ovate, acute villous. Corolla deeply 5-lobed. Stamens numerous, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short. Ovary inferior; ovules 2 in each cells, pendulous; stigma slightly lobed. Fruit a drupe, 1.2cm long, cylindrical densely hairy, purple.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur
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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:
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Altitude:
750-1000
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Localities:
Vellimala, Teerthundamala, Ponmudi, Chemungi
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