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Beilschmiedia bourdillonii
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Beilschmiedia bourdillonii Brandis, Indian Trees 528. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1221(855). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 344. 1984; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 380. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 344. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 267. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 423. 2005.
Beilschmiedia fagifolia Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 263. 1872, non Nees 1831.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Morakutthi
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, surface greyish-brown, smooth; blaze pale yellow; branchlets glabrous. Leaf-buds small, pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite or alternate, estipulate; petiole 8-25 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 7.5-15.5 x 2.5-4.5 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lnceolate, base acute or attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining above, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, pinnate, irregular, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 6-8 mm across, greenish-yellow, in axillary and terminal tomentose racemes; peduncle and pedicel short; perianth tube short; lobes 6, 3+3 subequal, pubescent without; stamens 9 perfect, in 3 rows, those of the 2 outer series with eglandular filaments and introrse anthers, those of the third series with 2 glandular filaments and extrorse anthers; staminodes 3, of the fourth series cordate or ovoid, stipitate; glands 6, stipitate, as large as staminodes, between the second and third row of stamens; ovary half inferior, ovoid, pubescent; style slender; stigma subcapitate. Fruit a berry, 2.5-3.7 x 1.5-1.8 cm, cylindrical, purple, pubescent; the peduncle red.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Karimala, Kariamchola, Konni
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