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Tamilnadia uliginosa
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Tamilnadia uliginosa (Retz.) Tirveng. & Sastre, Mauritius Inst. Bull. 8: 85. 1979; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 132. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 353. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 245. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 239. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 352. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 163. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 361. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 450. 2009.
Gardenia uliginosa Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 14. 1781; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 206. 1984.
Randia uliginosa (Retz.) DC., Prodr. 4: 386. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 110. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 615(434). 1921.
Catunaregam uliginosa (Retz.) Sivar. in Manilal & Sivar., Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 132. 1982.
Xeromphis uliginosa (Retz.) Mahesh., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 92. 1961; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12.1996.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karei, Punnankara, Pindichakka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Tamilnadia
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 7 m high, bark reddish-brown; branchlets 4 angled, terminating with one or two pair of sharp thorns. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule interpetiolar, 3-5 x 5-7 mm, broadly triangular, acuminate; petiole 5-10 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 5-18 x 2-8 cm, obovate, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, base cuneate or attenuate, apex obtuse or round, margin entire, glabrous above and pubescent and glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent beneath; intercostae reticulate, slender; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, white, 5 cm across, solitary, at the end of branchlets, dimorphic with large and sessile, small and stalked; calyx tube 1-1.2 x 0.3-0.4 cm, turbinate, silky pubescent at throat, lobes 5, suborbicular; corolla tube short, lobes 5, large, spreading, orbicular, hairy at mouth, imbricate; stamens 5; anthers linear; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many; style stout; stigma thick, 2 lobed. Fruit a berry, 4-5 x 2.5-3.5 cm, ovoid or ellipsoid, smooth, yellow; seeds smooth, compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-600
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Thellikkal, Kottur R.F., Kanjirakadavu, Karimpuzha, Kappukadu, Bonaccord
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