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Cupressus macrocarpa
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Family:
CUPRESSACEAE
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Citation: Cupressus macrocarpa Hartw., J. Hort. Soc. London 2: 187. 1847.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Monterey Cypress
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Description:
Trees to 20 m; branches hortizontal, obscurely whorled; bark reddish-brown, ridged; branchlets 2-pinnate, alternate, ascending, 4-angled. Leaves 3-angular, scale-like, appressed, 0.2 cm, 4-ranked. Male catkins oblong, 0.3 cm; stamens 6-8 each, with many-celled pollen sacs, female catkins club-shaped, 0.6 cm at pollination, with 6-14 reflexed, thin-edged, brownish, peltate, scales each with numerous ovules. Cones subglobose, to 3.5 x 2.5 cm, brown when ripe; scales flat-topped, each with a central crescent-shaped process. Seeds 16-20 per scale, to 0.2 cm, narrowly winged, tubercled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental/avenue tree
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Distribution:
Native of north America
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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, Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
,g,
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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