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Goniothalamus thwaitesii
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Goniothalamus thwaitesii Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 106. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 72. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 19(13). 1915; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 239. 1993; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 54. 2002.
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Description:
Small trees. young buds slightly brown pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate to oblong lanceolate, attenuate at base, obtusely acute at apex, 6-16 x 2-5 cm, ; midrib prominent and chanelled above; petioles 0.6-0.8 cm long. Flowers axillary, solitary; pedicels 1-2 cm long. Sepals 3, 0.5-0.6 cm long, triangular ovate. Petals 6, 3+3; outer larger, 2.5-2.8 x 0.8-1 cm, ovate-lanceolate; inner smaller, 0.8-1 x 0.5-0.6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, clawed. Stamens many, connective capitate. Carpels many, 0.6-0.8 cm long; style subulate. Fruitlets up to 20, subsesile or very shortly pedicelled, obtuse or rounded at apex; seed 1.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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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):
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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:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Athirumala
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