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Eurya nitida
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Family:
THEACEAE
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Citation: Eurya nitida Korth. in Temminck, Verh. Nat. Gesch. Bot. 3: 115. t.17. 1840; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 82. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 56. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 22. 1988; A.S. Chauhan & T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 184. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 73. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 25. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26,33,39. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 72. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 72. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 27. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 31. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 24. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 91. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 73. 2005; K. Vivek. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 355. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 138. 2009.
Eurya japonica Thunb. var. thunbergii Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 41. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 284. 1874.
Eurya japonica Thunb. var. nitida (Korth.) Dyer in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 284. 1874.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Arruttuvarai, Kooramar, Kattukarana, Kattu-theyila
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 8 m high, bole striate; bark brown. Leaves simple, alternate, 2-7.5 x 1-3 cm, elliptic or elliptic-oblanceolate, apex subacute, base acute or cuneate, margin serrate, coriaceous, glabrous; petiole 1-7 mm, slender, glabrous, grooved above; lateral veins 4-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent, secondary laterals also prominent. Flowers unisexual, white or greenish-white, 2 or more in axillary fascicles, rarely solitary; pedicel 1-2.5 mm long; bracteoles 2 at the base of calyx. Calyx lobes 5, broadly ovate to orbicular, glabrous, ciliate. Petals 5, broadly oblong to orbicular, connate at base, imbricate. Stamens 12-15, connate at base, adnate to the base of petals, anthers apiculate. Ovary superior, globose, glabrous, 3-celled, ovule many in each cell; styles 3, 1.5-2.5 mm long, united basely; stigmas 3-lobed. Fruit a berry, 3-5 mm across, globose, black; seeds small, many, dark brown, angular, reticulate.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of grasslands and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-2000
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Localities:
Pothumala, Deviar, Pachakkanam, Pampa, Kanthaloor forests, Njamakkad, Walakkad, Damsite, Valiyaparathode, Kakki hills, Chandanathode, Munnar, Ponmudi, Karuvarakundu, Teppakulam, Vavalamala, Chemungi, Athirumala, Agasthymala peak
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