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Actinodaphne campanulata var. obtusa
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Actinodaphne campanulata Hook.f. var. obtusa Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1230(861). 1925; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 389. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 342. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 41. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 563. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 422. 2005.
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high; bark greyish-brown; blaze dull-yellow; young shoots glabrous or sparsely hairy. Leaves simple, 4-8 in a whorl, opposite or subopposite, estipulate; petiole 8-10 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 5.5-10 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute or cuneate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-11 pairs, pinnate, prominent, ascending at an angle of 300-400 from midrib; intercostae scalariform, faint. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-green, in lateral and axillary umbellate fascicles; pedicels 0.5-0.6 cm long; bracts 1 mm long; perianth; campanulate in female flowers; lobes 6 in male flowers; stamens 9, in 3 rows, filaments slender, 2-glandular; staminodes 9, in 3 rows, those of third row linear with 2-glands; ovary half inferior, minute, globose, attenuate into the style; stigma dilated. Fruit a berry, 0.5 cm across.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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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):
Yellow, Creamy
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
1000-1500
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Localities:
Mlappara, Deviar, Chokkampatti hills, Chemungi, Chemungi
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