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Gmelina philippensis
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Gmelina philippensis Cham., Linnaea 7: 109. 1832; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 171. 2002.
Gmelina hystrix Schult. ex Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 81. 1870; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1098(769). 1924.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Ching-chai, Hedgehog, Parrot's Beak
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Description:
A moderate to large sized, scandent, spinose shrub with lenticellate sterns. Leaves rhomboid-elliptic, 5-7.5 cm long, 3-4 cm broad, entire or slightly lobed, glabrous, glaucous, glandular beneath; petiole 2-2.5 cm long. Cymes terminal, paniculately arranged in the axils of foliaceous, petaloid bracts; bracts broadly ovate, 2-2.5 cm long, nearly as broad, mucronate and membranous. Flowers yellow. Corolla-tube curiously inflated upwards, glabrous outside. Drupe obovoid, c. 1.2 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant, also runs wild
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Distribution:
Native of South East Asia
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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