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Hunteria zeylanica
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gard. ex Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 191. 1860; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 253. 1984; Pandura. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 271. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 174. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 291. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 219. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 280. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 203. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 189. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 520. 2009.
Cameraria zeylanica Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 24. 1786.
Hunteria corymbosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 695. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 637. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 281. 1990.
Hunteria roxburghiana Wight, Ic. t. 1294. 1848.
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Description:
Small evergreen trees 8-12 m heigh; bark 8-13 mm thick, yellowish-grey, with lenticular tubercles; latex milky white, scanty; young shoots, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-17 mm, glabrous, slender, grooved above; lamina 8-15 x 2-6, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate; base acute, obtuse or rounded; apex acuminate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves many, slender, glabrous, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, pale yellow, in terminal or axillary cymes; calyx lobes 5, small, 1.5 mm long, eglandular; corolla slaver shaped, lobes creamy white, acuminate, tube 0.8 mm long; stamens 5, inserted at the dilation of the tube, anthers lanceolate, apiculate; disc absent; carpels 2, free, ovules 2-4 in each cell. Fruit of 2 fleshy berries, 3 cm long, yellow; seed 1 or 2, ovoid.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Rosemala, Orukomban, Parur, Poochapara, Meenmutty-Kulamavu, Ayyappankovil, Merchiston, Thenmalai
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