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Glycosmis macrocarpa
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Glycosmis macrocarpa Wight, Illustr. 1: 109. 1840; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 83. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 82. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 123. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 53. 1997; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 338. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 54. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 168. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 49. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 142. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 597. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 194. 2009.
Glycosmis pentaphylla Hook. f. var. macrocarpa (Wight) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:500. 1875.
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Description:
Shrubs, up to 2 m high. Leaves pinnate, alternate, 13-27 cm long; petiole and rachis glabrous or ferruginously puberulous when young; leaflets 3 or 5 or rarely 6, alternate, 7.5-16 x 3-7.5 cm, oblong-elliptic or ovate-lanceolate to oblanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, acumen up to 10 mm long, bluntish at tip, more or less entire along margins, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5 to 7 pairs, prominent beneath, faint above, oblique, spreading, tertiaries finely reticulate; petiolules 5-10 mm long, glabrous. Inflorescence usually from uppermost leaf axils, paniculate cymes, up to 3 cm long. Sepals 5, deltate, obtuse, less than 1 mm long, puberulous with ciliolate margins. Petals 5, oblong-elliptic, obtuse, ca 3 x 1.5 mm, white or pale yellowish, obscurely glandular, glabrous. Stamens 10; filament linear, flattened, slightly ridged at inner face almost near apex, subulate above, up to 2 mm long, glabrous; anthers oblong, cordate, aciculate, sometimes with minute dorsal apical gland, less than 1 mm long. Disk broader than ovary, tumid, lobulate, ca 0.5 mm high, glabrous. Ovary ovoid-cylindric, ca 1 mm high, smoothly glandular, glabrous, 5-locular, each with one ovule; style continuous with ovary, not clearly distinct from it, glabrous; stigma minute, depressed. Berries subglobose, constricted at base, depressed above, ca 2 x 1.5 cm, punctuate; seed 1.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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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):
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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
500-1800
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Sabarimala, Kurisumala, Parambikulam, Pooppara, Chandanathode, Nedumpoyil, Ampumala, Athirumala, Chemungi
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