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Helicia robusta
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Family:
PROTEACEAE
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Citation: Helicia robusta (Roxb.) R. Br. ex Blume, Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 2, 1: 220. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 191. 1886; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 574. 2002.
Roupala robusta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 366. 1820.
Helicia travancorica Bedd. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 191. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1243(870). 1925.
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Description:
Small trees. Young shoot-buds pubescent without. Leaves 4-6 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, slightly acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, dentate on margins, sparsely hairy above, glabrous below; veins ending in thickened glands at dentations; petioles 0.8-1 cm long, thickened at base. Flowers in short axillary or lateral racemes. Rachis 6-8 cm long. Bracts minute, linear, ciliate on margins. Flowers dense, usually 2 or more for each bract; pedicels of pairs fused, 0.4-0.5 cm long. Perianth tube slender, 1-1.3 cm long, splitting into 4-lobes in full length and recurved. Stamens 4, attached with a short filament to the lamina of the lobe; anthers c. 0.2 cm long, linear; connective produced to a short appendage. Ovary 1-celled, ovules 2; style as long as perianth tube; stigma linear, thick. Drupe globose, 1-1.5 cm diam., green, 1-2 seeded.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Orange
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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:
-1200
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Localities:
Chemungi
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