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Casearia wynadensis
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Family:
FLACOURTIACEAE
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Citation: Casearia wynadensis Bedd., Ic. t. 160. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 594. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 521(368). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 49. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 9. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 60. 1990; R.L. Mitra in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 399. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 17,23,31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 15. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 267. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 121. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karikunnan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees to 7 m; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, 7-18 x 3-5.5 cm, lanceolate or oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute, margin entire or serrate, tomentose, pellucid transparent glands, membranous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, slender, pinnate, puberulent; intercostae reticulate, rufous villous stipules small, lateral, cauducous; petiole 4-10 mm, slender, tomentose. Flowers bisexual, small, greenish, 6-8 fascicled on axils of older leaves; peduncle 4 mm long, pubescent. Calyx 3 mm long, lobes 4, ovate, glabrous within. Petals absent. Stamens 8, hairy, 2 mm long, alternating with staminodes, tufted at their apex, forming a ring attached below to the calyx tube. Ovary oblong, 1-celled, ovules many; style to 3 mm, simple, hairy; stigma 4 lobbed. Fruit a capsule, small, 2-2.5 x 1 cm, oblong, greenish-yellow, 3-valved.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thellikkal, Panthenthode border, Aruvanpara, Panoth, Silent Valley R. F., Ayalur slopes
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