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Vateria macrocarpa
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Family:
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
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Citation: Vateria macrocarpa Gupta, Indian For. 55: 231. 1929; Subram. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 620. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 75. 1990; K.P. Janardh. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 246. 1993; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 395. 2000; K.P. Janardh. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 371. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vellappayin, Valiyavellappayin, Perumpayin
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark grey, mottled with white and green, smooth; exudation resinous, pale yellowish-white. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules narrow, lateral, deciduous; petiole 25-60 mm long, stout, minutely pubescent, swollen tipped; lamina 14-40 x 6-20 cm, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base round, obtuse or subcordate, apex acute, obtuse or shortly acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, lateral nerves 12-20 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, in panicles; sepals 5, ca. 3 mm long; petals ca.1.5 cm long; anthers linear, glabrous; ovary superior, densely tomentose, 3-celled, ovule 2 in each cell; styles slightly longer than stamens. Fruit a capsule, 15 x 5-6 cm, cylindric, lanceolate, tip acuminate, curved, splitting from the top downwards into valves.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
-900
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Localities:
Muthikulam forests, Nelluyampathy forests, Siruvani slopes
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