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Humboldtia brunonis var. brunonis
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Family:
FABACEAE/LEGUMINOSAE (Subfam.: Caesalpinioideae)
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Citation: Humboldtia brunonis Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 17. t.233. 1832, var. brunonis; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 263. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 411(291). 1919; Sanjappa, Blumea 31: 333. 1986 & Legumes Ind. 30. 1992; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 145. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 166. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 326. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattasokam, Kaduasoka
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, bark dark brown to black; branchlets solid, sometimes swollen, pubescent when young, glabrous at maturity, lenticellate. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, leaflets (2)-4, opposite, 7-20 x 2.2-8 cm, obovate oblong, oblong or elliptic-oblong, apex obtusely acuminate, base unequal, margin entire, glabrous, sparsely depressed glandular beneath, coriaceous; stipules 1-2 x 0.25-0.5 cm, lateral, linear, prominently parallel veined, glabrous, depressed glandular; appendages broadly reniform, divergently veined, glabrous, glandular, persistent; rachis 20-40 mm long, obscurely winged, shallowly grooved above, tomentose, pulvinate; petiolules 3-5 mm long, stout; lateral nerves 7-13 pairs, pinnate, ascending, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 2-3 cm long, white, in axillary pendulous, brown pubescent, racemes; pedicels 4-5 mm long, pilose; bracts ovate, acute, pubescent without, fugacious; bracteoles 2, connate below, obovate or obovate-oblong, obtuse at apex, pubescent on both surfaces, shortly ciliate along margin. Calyx tube 8-10 mm long, lined by the disc, pubescent without; lobes 4, concave, imbricate, acute or obtuse at tip, densely pubescent without and thinly within, reddish, fugacious. Petals 3, white, pink or orange, ovate, shortly clawed, veined, glabrous. Stamens 5, perfect, free, alternating with 5 minute staminodes, deep pinkish; filaments 2 cm long, glabrous; anthers 2-3 mm long, versatile. Ovary 5 mm long, half inferior, stipitate, obliquely linear; ovules 3-5,densely pubescent; style filiform, 10 mm long, pilose at base; stigma capitate. Fruit a pod 5-10 x 2-4 cm, dolabriform, brown pubescent when young; seeds 3-4.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-November
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kannur, Wayanad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Ernakulam
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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:
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Altitude:
200-350
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Localities:
Ambayathode, Chandanathode, Panathur, Payyavur
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