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Chukrasia tabularis
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Chukrasia tabularis A. Juss., Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 19: 251. t.22. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 568. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 186(133). 1915; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 96. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 88. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 110. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 94. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 59. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 132. 1997; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 481. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 59. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 62. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 56. 2002; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 649. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 208. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chandanavembu, Chandanaveppu, Chuvannakil, Karadi, Vembu, Vellanangu,
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Chitta gong wood, Chikrassy
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Description:
Trees, to 35 m high, bark thick, dark brown, deeply cracked, flaking off in thin irregular flakes; blaze pink red. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 12-30 cm long, slender, slightly swollen at base, pubescent; leaflets 10-20, subopposite, estipellate; petiolule 2-10 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 3.5-15 x 2.5-8 cm, obliquely ovate, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous above, tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, regular, arched towards the margin forming intramarginal nerve, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, in terminal panicles; calyx small, campanulate, lobes 5, ovate, pubescent; petals 5, oblong, obovate or spathulate, pubescent, contorted; disc obscure; staminal tube terete, glabrous, dark purple, with 10 short crenate lobes; anthers 10, linear, exserted; ovary superior, stipitate, ovoid, pubescent, apically attenuate, 4-celled, ovules many in each cell; style stout; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, 3.7-5 x 4 cm, 4-5 valved, ovoid, dark brown; seeds many, 2 x 0.5 cm, thin, broadly winged at base.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen, moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Burma
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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):
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, Vazhani, Rosemala, Olikkudy, Kombakkayam, Thekkady, Thannikkudy, Kariamchola, Begur, Parappa, Marapalam-Pothundy, Thalichola
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