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Claoxylon anomalum
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Claoxylon anomalum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 412. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1327(928). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 361. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 409. 1994; Susila Rani & Balakr., Rheedea 5: 116. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 283. 1997; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 130. 2007.
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Description:
Dioecious shrubs, young parts puberulous. Leaves elliptic to elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate, base acute or cuneate, crenate, membranous, to 20 x 6 cm; petiole to 7 cm long. Flowers in axillary short racemes. Perianth of male flowers pilose, stamens 25-40. Capsule deeply 3-lobed, 1-1.5 cm across; seeds globose, smooth, 5 mm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-October
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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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):
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:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kallar, Ponmudi, Meenmutty-Kulamavu, Chemungi
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