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Ceriscoides turgida
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ceriscoides turgida (Roxb.) Tirveng., Adansonia 35: 15. 1978; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 213. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 225. 1994; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 415. 2009.
Gardenia turgida Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 557.1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:118.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 619(437). 1921.
Gardenia montana Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 709. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malankara, Karkar, Vellakara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Armed, deciduous tree to 8 m; spines leaf-bearing. Leaves opposite decussate, dimorphic, of lower branches ovate, 1.5-2.5 x 0.8-1.5 cm, of upper branches 4-9 x 2-5 cm, thick-chartaceous, hispid above, hirsute below, base attenuate, apex acute-apiculate; lateral nerves 8-10, (sub)sessile; stipules intrapetiolar, connate into a sheath. Flowers 5-merous, pedicellate, solitary or in lax cymes, white turning yellow with age; bracteoles lanceolate, free or connate. Calyx ± urceolate, 1.5 cm; lobes 5, triangular, valvate, 1.5 mm. Corolla 5 cm across, salver-form; tube 1.5 cm; lobes 5, obovate, imbricate or twisted to left in bud, 1.5 x 1.5 cm, thin-fleshy. Stamens 5, subsessile, inserted at the throat, between the lobes, included, 6 mm. Ovary turgid, 1 cm, 1-locular; placentae 5; style erect, 0.8 cm; stigma branched, 0.8 cm. Berry globose, turgid, 5 x 4 cm; seeds many, embedded in fleshy pulp; testa smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka, India, Myanmar, Thailand and 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):
White, 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:
Baveli, Tolpetty
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