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Cassine kedarnathii
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Cassine kedarnathii Sasidh. & Swarup., Reinwardtia 11: 29. 1992; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 138. 1999; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 168. 1999; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 699. 2005.
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Description:
Tree to 30 m tall; bark greyish brown, reddish inside. Leaves opposite, elliptic-oblong, acute at base, crenate at margin, caudate-acuminate at apex, coriaceous and glabrous. Lateral nerves 5-9 pairs; petioles 2-2.5 cm long. Cymes dichasial, terminal and axillary, glabrous. Flowers ca 12 mm across, greenish yellow; pedicels 4-5 mm long. Sepals 5, imbricate, oblong, broadly ovate, obtuse, ca 1.5 x 3 mm, glabrous. Petals imbricate, oblong, obtuse, slightly revolute at margin, ca 5 x 2-2.5mm. Stamens 5, inserted at margin of wavy annular disc; filaments ca 2 mm long. Ovary within disc, 2-loculed with 2 basal ovules in each; sytles short; stigmas entire. Drupes ellipsoid, apiculate, green; epicarp thin, putamen slightly compressed, vertically grooved on both sides, 3-4 mm thick on one side, 5-7 mm on the other, shining, brown inside. Seed 1, elliptic, planoconvex, shallowly grooved above, brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Punnamala
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