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Briedelia stipularis
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Briedelia stipularis (L.) Blume, Bijdr. 597. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 270. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1281(896). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 412. 1988; Chakrabarty et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 26: 324. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 320. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 726. 2009.
Clutia stipularis L., Mant. Pl. 1: 127. 1767.
Clutia scandens Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 173. 1802.
Briedelia scandens (Roxb.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 979. 1805; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1281(896). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 273. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 360. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 335. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 247. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 357. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 707. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 424. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 409. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 329. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 397. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 283. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 611. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 367. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 284. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 603. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 439. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 623. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruka, Cherukapanachi, Cherupanachi, Kanjikottam
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Description:
Scandent shrubs with spines on older stem; branchlets brown tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, 4-8 x 2-6 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse, base subcordate or rounded, minutely tomentose below, those of flowering branches much smaller; petiole c. 5 mm long. Flowers greenish-yellow, sessile, in axillary fascicles. Male flowers 2-3 mm across. Female flowers 4-5 mm across. Tepals 10, biseriate, ovate-acute, densely tomentose without. Stamens 5, monadelphous. Drupe 5-6 mm across, globose, black, calyx persistent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
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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):
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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
650-700
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Localities:
Ponmudi, Kattalappara, Thekkady, Kariamchola, Vengoli, Nelluyampathy forests, Silent Valley R. F., Nadugani ghats, Valiyaparathode, Panthenthode border, Moozhiar, Tolpetty, Kannoth, Cheruvathur, Manjeswar, Parappa, Payyavur, Taliparamba, Mukkali forests,
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