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Isonandra perrottetiana
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Isonandra perrottetiana A. DC. in DC., Prodr. 8: 188. 1844; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 539. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 761(535). 1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 263. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 227. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 96. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 412. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 495. 2009.
Isonandra candolleana Wight, Ic. t. 1220. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 539. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 761(535). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karimpala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high; bark smooth, brown; exudation milky. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, 5-11 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic, oblanceolate or obovate-oblong, apex obtuse, acuminate or obtusely acute, base acute, margin entire, recurved, glabrous, coriaceous; petiole 3-7 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-12 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae subscalariform. Flowers bisexual, dull-white, in sessile densely packed, axillary fascicles; pedicels 2 mm long, tomentose; bracts and bracteoles obtuse. Sepals 2+2, broadly ovate, very unequal, the exterior much larger, hairy and ciliate. Corolla deeply 4-partite; lobes obovate-oblong, emarginate, longer than the tube. Stamens 8, subequal, attached at the base of the corolla, 1-seriate; anthers oblong-lanceolate, black-hairy at tip; staminodes absent. Ovary superior, densely hairy, 4-celled; style subulate. Fruit a berry, 17 x 10 mm, obovoid, cuspidate, glabrous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Ernakulam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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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, Creamy
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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:
1400-1800
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Localities:
Vellimala, Brahmagiri, Vellarimala, Pongalapara, Agasthyamala
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