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Hopea jacobi
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Family:
DIPTEROCARPACEAE
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Citation: Hopea jacobi C.E.C. Fisch., Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1932: 245. 1932; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 308. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1867(1292). 1936; K.P. Janardh. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 226. 1993; K.P. Janardh. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 364. 2005.
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Description:
Trees to 15 m high; twigs slender, dark brown, glabrous. Leaves altrenate, entire, rounded or obtuse at apex, 5.5-9 x 2.5-4 cm, chartaceos up to 7-flowered. Calyx lobes suborbicular, ca 1.5 mm long, coriaceous, inner ones thin-margined. Petals oblong, obtuse, 3-3.5 mm long, minutely ciliate, puberulous outside. Stamens 15; anthers orbicular, flat; appendages subulate, about 3 times longer than anthers forming a fine straight arista. Styles short, pointed. Fruits ovoid, to 1.7 cm long; larger 2 calyx lobes (wings) oblong to oblanceolate, obtuse at apex, ca 4.5 x 1.35 cm, 9-nerved.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Palakkad
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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):
Yellow
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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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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