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Cinnamomum riparium
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Family:
LAURACEAE
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Citation: Cinnamomum riparium Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925. 128. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1224(856). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 393. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 584. 1997; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 1: 94. 1980; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 567. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aattuvayana
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees. Leaves opposite to subopposite, 7-11 x1.5-3.5 cm, acuminate at apex, broadly attenuate at base, 3-ribbed, c.0.5 cm above from base. Panicles few-flowered, lax; peduncles 3-4 cm long; pedicels slender, 0.8-1 cm long. Flowers 0.3-0.35 cm across. Perianth lobes 6, c. 0.1 cm long. Stamens in 3 rows; first and second introrse, 3 rd extrorse, glands attached to middle of filaments. Ovary ellipsoid; stigma peltate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Banks of streams in 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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
1200-1500
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Malayattoor, Aralam, Lower Periyar, Vaniampuzha, Chemungi, Pongalapara
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