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Caesalpinia coriaria
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Caesalpinia coriaria (Jacq.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 532. 1799; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 394(279). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 99. 1982; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 10. 1992; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 215. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 162. 1996; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 250. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 331. 2009.
Poinciana coriaria Jacq., Select. Am. 123. t. 175. f. 36. 1781.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
American sumac, Dividivi plant
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high; branchlets warty. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules minute; rachis 5.5-9.5 cm, slender, pulvinate, pubescent; pinnae 8-16 pairs, subopposite, 3-6 cm long, slender, pubescent; leaflets 24-44, sessile, opposite or subopposite; lamina 0.8-1 x 0.2-0.4 cm, oblong, base oblique, cordate, apex obtuse or emarginate, margin entire, glabrous, punctate, membranous; lateral nerves obscure. Flowers bisexual, creamy, 8 mm across, in axillary and terminal panicles to 6 cm long; pedicel to 1.5 mm; calyx tube campanulate, short; petals 5, ovate-orbicular, clawed subequal; stamens 10, declinate; filaments subequal, 3.5-4 mm, basally villous; ovary half inferior, stipitate, 3 mm long, glabrous; style suberect, to 4 mm long; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod, 3 x 2 cm; twisted; seeds 6 x 4.5 mm, oblong, flattened.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Planted as avenue tree
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Distribution:
Native of the West Indies and Central America; now widely introduced in the Asian countries
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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
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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:
Yes
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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:
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Localities:
Thottappally
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