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Beilschmiedia wightii
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Beilschmiedia wightii (Nees) Benth. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 124. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1221(855). 1925; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 380. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 265. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 344. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 268. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 267. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 696. 2009.
Haasia wightii Nees, Syst. Laurin. 676. 1836.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nagaramaram, Panthada
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high, bark 14-16 mm thick, surface brown, smooth, branchlets glabrous. Leaf-buds elongate, perulate with lanceolate scales. Leaves simple, alternate and opposite, 7.5-15 x 2-6.2 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, apex obtusely acuminate, base acute or alternate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate; petiole 1-2.5 cm, stout, glabrous. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, in axillary and terminal, glabrous panicles, small, ebracteate; peduncle and pedicel slender; perianth tube short, lobes 6, 3+3 subequal. 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 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, glabrous; style slender, stigma subcapitate or obtuse. Fruit a berry 17-18 mm long, ovoid, smooth, purple.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen, semi-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:
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Rosemala, Karivepinshola, Vellimala, Pandaravarai, Munnar
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