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Actinodaphne salicina
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Actinodaphne salicina Meisner in DC., Prodr. 15: 212. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 148. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1230(861). 1925; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 264. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 342. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 563. 2002.
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Description:
Small trees or large shrubs; branchlets slender, glabrous. Leaves simple, subverticillate, 8.5 x 2.5 cm, narrowly elliptic or oblanceolate, attenuate at the base, membranous, glaucous beneath; nerves 8-12 pairs, parallel; intercostae, densely and minutely reticulate; petiole to 6 mm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kannur, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
1000-1100
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Localities:
Kallar, Deviar, Athirumala
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