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Aleurites moluccana
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Aleurites moluccana (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 590. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 384. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1218(922). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 356. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 406. 1994; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 435. 2005; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 192. 2007.
Jatropha moluccana L., Sp. Pl. 1006. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akkrottu, Akshotam, Karankolam, Okamaram, Ukamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Belgaum walnut, Candlenut tree, Candlenut oil tree, Candleberry, Indian walnut, Varnish tree
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Description:
An evergreen tree upto 20 m tall; shoots and young leaves stellately hairy. Leaves crowded at the ends of branches, 7-18 cm long and 4-12 cm wide, variable in shape from ovate to lanceolate or broadly rhomboid, obtusely or acutely 3-7 lobed, base obtuse or truncate; petiole 4.5-15 cm long, with a pair of glands at the point of attachment with leaf blade. Flowers white, with short pedicels, borne in dense tomentose cymes upto 15 cm long; calyx 2.5 mm long, splitting into 2 or 3 lobes; corolla longer, 1.3 cm across. Fruits 4-7 cm in diam, subglobose, fleshy, smooth, olive-coloured, containing 1-2 large, ovoid, smooth brown seeds or nuts about 2.5 cm long, with a furrowed testa.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown in the High Ranges
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Distribution:
India, China to Polynesia and New Zealand; introduced from Malesia
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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):
White, Creamy
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
200-1000
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Localities:
Moozhiar, Boneccord
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