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Chionanthus mala-elengi ssp. mala-elengi
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Chionanthus mala-elengi (Dennst.) P. S. Green ssp. mala-elengi, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26. 124. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 247. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 269. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 398. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 273. 1990; Srivastava & Kapoor, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 15: 133. 1991; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 211. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 273. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 198. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 402. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 236. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 183. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 183. 2002; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 264. 2003; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 302. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 507. 2009.
Forsythia mala-elengi Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 12,21, 31. 1818.
Linociera malabarica Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 53. 1837-1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 607. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 794(558). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 158. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 223. 1985.
Chionanthus malabaricus (Wall. ex G. Don) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 239. 1872; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 247. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 235. 1989.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kallidala, Mala-elengi, Perumbal
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, covered with warty lenticels; branchlets thinly tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-10 x 2.5-5.5 cm, obovate or elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse or suddenly narrowed to a small blunt acumen, base cuneate, margin entire, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous; petiole 4-10 mm, stout, glabrous, grooved above; lateral nerves 9-13 pairs, slender, pinnate; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, sessile, 6 mm long, in axillary clusters; peduncle 1.5 cm long. Calyx lobes 1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse, grey-pubescent. Corolla 7 mm long, lobes attached in pairs, linear acuminate, glabrous. Stamens 2, anthers sessile. Ovary densely hairy, stigma shortly bifid. Frit a drupe, 10 x 5 mm, ellipsoid, slightly curved, acute, ridged.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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, Creamy
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Ponmudi, Rosemala, Kurukku, Pachakkanam, Karimala, Angamoozhy, Moozhiar, Chandanathode, Kannoth, Manantody, Parappa, Payyavur, Mukkali forests, Pothundy, Kanjirakadavu, Nedumkayam, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Teppakulam
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