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Holoptelea integrifolia
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Family:
ULMACEAE
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Citation: Holoptelea integrifolia (Roxb.) Planch., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 3, 10: 259. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 481. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1348(943). 1928; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 441. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 349. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 424. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 388. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 307. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 765. 2009.
Ulmus integrifolius Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 78. 1798.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aavel, Aavil, Avelkurunnu, Njettaval, Njetavil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Indian elm, Jungle cork tree, Kanju
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Description:
Large deciduous trees, to 25 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, whitish-grey, smooth; blaze yellowish-grey, streaked with light brown; branchlets pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules lateral, scarious; petiole 5-10 mm, stout, pubescent; lamina 6-12.5 x 2.5-6.5 cm, ovate-oblong, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base rounded or subcordate, apex acuminate, margin entire, distantly serrate when young, coriaceous, glabrous above, appressed pubescent punctate below; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamous, appear before leaves, 5-8 mm across, greenish-purple, in axillary fascicles; tepals 4 or 5, free, anthers pubescent; female flowers with longer pedicels; ovary superior, compressed, long stipitate, 2-winged, 1-celled, ovule 1; style 2 fid. Fruit a samara, 3 cm across, orbicular, wings nerved, glabrous, seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests, also in the plains
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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):
Green, Purple
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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:
Vellanimala, Thekkady, Keerapady, Agali, Pothundy, Walayar, Pooyamkutty, Thenmalai, Ariankavu
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