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Casearia tomentosa
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Casearia tomentosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 421. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 593. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 521(368). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 59. 1990; R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 397. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 44. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 57. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 15. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 266. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 121. 2009.
Casearia elliptica Willd., Sp. Pl. 2: 628. 1799, nom. illeg, based on Anavinga lanceolata Lamk.; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 36. 1982.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Anakkarana, Annavananni, Cherukanali, Vapunnakannan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees to 7 m; bark grey, thick; branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules minute, scale-like, pubescent, cauducous; petiole 5-10 mm long, pubescent; lamina 6-15 x 3-6 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute to rounded, apex acuminate, margin serrate or entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, in axillary fascicles; pedicels densely pubescent; calyx pubescent; lobes 4, broadly elliptic; stamens 8, alternating with staminodes tufted at their apex, forming a ring attached below to the calyx tube; filaments glabrous; staminodes clavate, villous at apex; ovary ovoid, 1-celled; style simple; stigma subglobose. Fruit a capsule, 2 x 1.2 cm, greenish-yellow, oblong, ribbed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and forest plantations
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Elanad, Padippara, Malampuzha, Panangotteri, Thavalam area, Vazhikadavu
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