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Dysoxylum ficiforme
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Family:
MELIACEAE
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Citation: Dysoxylum ficiforme (Wight) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 178(127). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 110. 1984; N.C. Nair & Bhargavan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 709. 1985; S.S. Jain & S.S.R. Bennet in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 487. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 60. 1998; N.C. Nair & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 653. 2005.
Amoora ficiforme Wight, Illustr. 1: 47. 1840.
Dysoxylum purpureum Bourd., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 349, t. 2. 1899.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akil, Karakil, Puvilakil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark surface pale, smooth; branchlets densely yellowish-white puberulus. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 9.5-24 cm long, stout, angular, swollen at base, pubescent; leaflets 5-11, opposite, subopposite or alternate, estipellate; petiolule 5-10 mm long, stout, pubescent; lamina 7.5-20 x 3-7.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-lanceolate or ovate-oblong, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-18 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent or not. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow; in axillary dense puberulus panicles; calyx 6 mm long, shortly 4-lobed, fleshy, puberulus outside; petals 4, 8 mm long, minutely pubescent; disc tubular, margin slightly toothed; staminal tube 8 mm long, mouth crenulate; anthers 8, included; ovary superior, densely hairy, 4-celled, ovules 1-2 in each cell; style stout, almost as long as staminal tube; stigma capitate with a ring at base, slightly exserted. Fruit a capsule, yellowish-purple, smooth; seeds 3-4.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-October
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode, Moozhiar, Peermade, Karapara estate way, Ankamuzhi
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