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Holigarna beddomei
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Holigarna beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 38. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 269(192). 1918; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 169. 1997; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 459. 2000; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 804. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aanacheru, Kattucheru, Malamcheru
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large trees, to 24 m high; bark 3-4 mm thick, smooth, grey; exudation black on dryness. Leaves simple, alternate, 25-38 x 14-17 cm, oblanceolate, suddenly broadened above the middle, apex acuminate, base cuneate, margin entire, ciliate, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; petiole 10-25 mm, villous, stout; spur 2, slender, villous-pubescent, persistent; lateral nerves 20-30 pairs, parallel, prominent, midrib on upper surface ciliate, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers small, polygamous. Calyx small, cupular, 5 fid, rusty tomentose. Petals 5, oblong, cohering at the base, villous inside, valvate; disc lining the calyx tube, with tuft of hairs at the centre. Stamens 5, inserted outside the disc; filaments subulate; anthers oblong-cordiform, versatile. Ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovule pendulous from near the top of the cell; styles usually 3, divergent; stigmas capitate. Fruit a drupe, hypocarp enclosing about 2/3 or ¾ of drupe, obliquely ovoid; seeds parietal.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
-1000
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Localities:
Damsite, Thalichola
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