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Elaeocarpus venustus
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Family:
ELAEOCARPACEAE
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Citation: Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 174. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 124(89). 1915; S.K. Murti in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 562. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 47. 1997; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 150. 2000; M. Reema et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 504. 2005.
Elaeocarpus monocera sensu Mast. in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 405. 1874, non Cav. 1800.
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high; branches glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, cauducous; petiole 10-20 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 6-12 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-obovate or obovate, base attenuate, apex acute or obtusely acute, margin serrate, glabrous, coriaceous, lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent; glands in the axils of nerves beneath. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary racemes; sepals 5, ovate-lanceolate, pubescent, valvate; petals 5, laciniate, tomentose, inserted round the base of glandular disc; stamens numerous, inserted between the glands the glands on the disc; anthers awned; ovary superior, glabrous, 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style subulate, entire. Fruit a drupe 5 x 2.5 cm, ovoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
1000-1500
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Localities:
Alvarakurichi
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