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Heritiera papilio
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Family:
STERCULIACEAE
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Citation: Heritiera papilio Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 218. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 363. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 104(74). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 32. 1988; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 430. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 85. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 66. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 42. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 33. 2002; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 458. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cholachadachi, Choklamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bark greyish-brown with scurfy small warts; young parts clothed with golden brown soft tomentum. Leaves simple, alternate, 4-20 x 1.5-10 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex acute, base obtuse or round, margin entire, glabrous above, densely silvery lepidote scaly beneath, coriaceous; 3-ribbed from base, lateral nerves 2-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, obscure, petiole 10-37 mm, stout, peltate scaly, swollen tipped; stipules free, lateral, deciduous. Flowers small, bi or unisexual in axillary panicle, cream coloured. Calyx campanulate, 5-toothed or 5-fid. Petals absent. Anthers adnate in a regular ring on an androgynophore topped by sterile ovary in male flowers. Female flowers: carpels 5, subdistinct, superior, alternating at the base with pair of staminodes, ovules 1-2 in each carpel; styles short; stigmas 5, thick. Fruit of 1-6 samaroid carpels, 5-6 cm long, red, wing membranous; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Bangladesh
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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):
Creamy
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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:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Rosemala, Uppermanalar, Poonkavanam, Nelluyampathy forests, Thelliyalimattukkal, Aruvanpara, Ponmudi
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