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Zanthoxylum tetraspermum
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Zanthoxylum tetraspermum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 148. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 494. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 150(107). 1915; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 389. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 70. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998.
Fagara tetrasperma (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3: 118. 1897.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kokkimullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent woody climbers, prickles short, recurved. Leaves 5-9-foliolate; leaflets 10 x 5 cm, ovate, acuminate, rounded at base, crenate; nerves to 24 pairs, subparallel, reticulate at margin; petiole prickly. Panicle 5-8 x 3 cm, axillary, hirtus. Flowers 5 mm across, 4-merous; sepals 1 mm long, ovate, acute; petals 3 x 2 mm, ovate, obtuse; stamens 4, anthers cleft at base, with a sessile gland at apex; pistillodes 4, free with subulate tips; style 4, free, recurved. Capsule 8 mm across, 4-lobed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India 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):
Pink
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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:
-2000
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Localities:
Eravangalar, Kottamala
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