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Commiphora caudata var. pubescens
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Family:
BURSERACEAE
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Citation: Commiphora caudata (Wight & Arn.) Engl. var. pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Matthew, Kew Bull. 46: 540. 1991.
Commiphora pubescens (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 4:21.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 171(122). 1915; V. Chithra & A.N. Henry in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 444. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 60. 1999.
Protium pubescens Wight & Arn., Prodr. 176. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 530. 1875.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kizhuvam, Pachakizhuvam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high, bark green, peeling off; branchlets pubescent. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; estipulate; rachis 5-15 cm long, slender, pubescent; petiolule 1-2 mm, opposite, slender, pubescent; leaflets 3-9, 1.8-13.5 x 1-6 cm, ovate or ovate-obovate, base acute, obtuse or oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire or crenate, chartaceous, puberulent above, pubescent beneath; lateral nerves 5-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamous, yellowish-red; in dichotomously branched, axillary cymose panicles; bracteate; calyx campanulate, lobes 4, ovate, pubescent with out, persistent; petals 4, oblong to oblanceolate, apiculate, reflexed at tip; stamens 8, free, inserted on or along the margins of disc, alternately long and short; disc enclosed in calyx, cupular; ovary superior, ovoid, sessile, 2-4-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style short; stigma lobed. Fruit a drupe, 0.9-1.2 x 0.7-1.2 cm, ovoid to obovoid; pyrenes 1 or 2; seed solitary.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry 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):
Yellow, Red
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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:
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Localities:
Chinnar
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