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Xylocarpus granatum
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Xylocarpus granatum Koenig, Naturforscher Halle 20: 2. 1784; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 518. 1997; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 667. 2005.
Xylocarpus obovatus (Blume) A. Juss., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19: 244. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 188(132). 1915.
Carapa obovata Blume, Bijdr. 179. 1825.
Carapa moluccensis Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 136. 1871; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 567. 1875, non Lam. 1784.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Cannon ball tree
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Description:
Evergreen trees to 8 m high; bark grey; branchlets sparsely lepidote. Leaves alternate, paripinnate, to 9 cm long; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, opposite, obovate, cuneate at base, entire at margin, obtuse or rounded at apex, to 6 x 3.5 cm, thick-coriaceous, puberulous, shining above; petioles to 6 cm long, red; petiolules to 2 mm long, red. Panicles cymose, to 10 cm long; peduncles to 2.5 cm long. Flowers ca 1 cm across; pedicels to 4 mm long, red. Calyx lobes to 1 mm long. Petals oblong, ca 6 x 3 mm, glabrous, white, pinkish or yellowish white. Staminal tube to 4 mm long, glabrous. Ovary ca 1 mm long. Capsules ca 6 x 4.5 cm, brown; seeds arranged radially from remains of axis outwards, convex on back, pink.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-December
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along muddy sea coasts
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka
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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):
Red
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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:
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Localities:
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