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Elaeocarpus recurvatus
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Family:
ELAEOCARPACEAE
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Citation: Elaeocarpus recurvatus Corner, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlm. 10: 319,325. 1939; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 36. 1988; S.K. Murti in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 549. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 36. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 47. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 48. 1999; M. Reema et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 501. 2005.
Elaeocarpus ferrugineus (Wight) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 112. 1871, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 406. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 124(88). 1915.
Monocera ferruginea Wight, Ic. t. 205. 1839, non jack. 1830.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cholarudralksham, Rudraksham
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 13 m high; bole buttressed; young branches and leaves covered with rusty tomentum. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the tip of branchlets, 7.5-15 x 4-8 cm, ovate or ovate-oblong, folded back, boat shaped, apex acute or caudate, base acute or cuneate, margin crenate or serrulate, glabrous above except downy midrib, softly pubescent beneath, coriaceous ; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, veins dividing dichotomously towards the margin, intercostae reticulate, obscure ; petiole 15-50 mm, stout, tomentose ; stipules free, lateral, cauducous. Flowers bisexual, white, in short axillary racemes to 7 cm. Sepals 5, lanceolate, pubescent. Petals 5, 1.2 cm long, broadly ovate, sparsely within, inserted round the base of glandular disc. Stamens numerous, inserted between the glands on the disc; anthers ending in straight bristle; ovary superior, subglobose, densely silky outside, 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style subulate, entire. Fruit a drupe, ovoid; stone single, compressed, coarsely tubercled; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pothumala, Vattavada, Sispara
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