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Kleinhovia hospita
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Family:
STERCULIACEAE
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Citation: Kleinhovia hospita L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 1365. 1763; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 364. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 113(81). 1915; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 434. 1993; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 459. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 137. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Guest Tree
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Description:
Medium-sized trees; branchlets tomentose. Leaves broadly ovate or suborbicular, cordate at base, entire at margin, acuminate at apex, 10-15 x 8-12 cm, glabrous; stipules ensiform. Flowers in large large, terminal panicles; bracteoles linear to ensiform. Sepals 5, linear-lanceolate, 6-7 mm long, basally connate, pubescent outside. Petals 5, unequal, shorter than sepals, rosy. Staminal tube adnate to gynophore with a 5-fid cup at top, each segment with 3 anthers; staminodes 5, acute. Ovary 5-loculed; style slender, divided. Capsules pyriform, inflated, membranous, loculicidal, 5-valved; seeds tubercled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental tree
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and Tropical Africa
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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):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Alleppey town
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