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Casearia graveolens
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Casearia graveolens Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 4: 107. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 592. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 520(367). 1919; R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 394. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 60. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 14. 1995; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 263. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Annavananni, Cherukannan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrub or small tree, to 8 m high, deciduous; branchlets angled at tips, glabrous. Leaves distichous, broadly elliptic, oblong-elliptic or ovate, rounded at base, subentire or crenulate, obtuse or shortly acute to acuminate at apex, 10-20 x 4-8 cm, stiff-coriaceous when old, glabrous; leaves at base of twigs smaller; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs, slender, raised and prominent beneath; petioles 6-19 mm long; stipules linear, acute, 2-4 mm long, caducous. Flowers in dense clusters from leaf axils or leafless axils, greenish; pedicels jointed at or above base, glabrous above point of joint, golden-pubescent below. Calyx gland-dotted pubescent at base, sometimes golden-pubescent above, green; lobes 5, oblong-ovate, concave. Stamens 6-8;filaments glabrous, alternating with linear-oblong villous disc lobes. Styles as long as stamens with discoid stigma. Fruits subglobose to broadly ellipsoid or oblong, 2-2.5 cm long, shining, smooth, orange-yellow, 3-valved; seeds 10-12, ovoid, ca 5 x 3 mm, compressed with scarlet aril.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Pakistan to Indo-China
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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
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thenmalai, Kulathupuzha
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