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Dolichandrone atrovirens
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Dolichandrone atrovirens (Heyne ex Roth) Sprague, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 307. 1919; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 996(700). 1924.
Bignonia atrovirens Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 284. 1821.
Dolichandrone crispa Seem., J. Bot. 8: 381. 1870; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 379. 1884.
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Description:
Deciduous trees, 8-18 m tall, young parts velvety pubescent. Leaves opposite, imparipinnate, 15-30 cm long; leaflets 2 or 3 pairs, 3-7.7 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate or obtuse, tapering and often unequal sided at base; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs; petiolules 6-10 mm. Flowers in few flowered corymbose racemes; pedicels 1-3 cm long. Calyx 2- 2.5 cm long long, spathaceous, split on one side, puberulous when young. Corolla white, tube 2,5-3 cm long, lobes 5, rounded, crisped crenate. Stamens 4, didynamous, included. Ovary sessile; ovules many; stigma 2-lobed. Capsule 2-valved, 25-40 x 1.5-2 cm. speckled smooth; seedswiged on both ends, 3 x 0.6 cm
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad
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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):
White
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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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