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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight & Arn., Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 547. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 292. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 397(281). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 161. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 1. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 227. 1997; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 138. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 118. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 109. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 105. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 227. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 317. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kurangadi, Narivenga, Karangan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 35 m high, bole buttressed, bark light-grey or yellowish-grey, thin; blaze dull red. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules free, lateral, deciduous; rachis 13-15 cm long, stout, glabrous, pulvinate; pinnae 3-5 pairs, paripinnate, 20-30 cm long, slender glabrous; leaflets 10-16 per pinnae, opposite, estipellate; petiolule upto 4 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 7.5-12 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-15 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, green, in dense, erect, axillary racemes, deflexed; pedicels short; bracts small, cauducous; calyx campanulate, disc-lined, lobes 5, lanceolate, equal; petals 5, narrow, subequal; stamens 5, exserted, crimson coloured; anthers versatile; ovary half inferior, stipitate, ovules many; style short, incurved; stigma minute. Fruit a pod 12 x 2 cm, flat ligulate, dehiscent, the upper suture winged; seeds 5-10, obovate, oblique, compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia; introduced in Africa
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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):
Green, 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:
Olikkudy, Anchurali, Kattuvaramudi, Karimala, Nedumpoyil, Ampumala, Bonaccord
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