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Madhuca longifolia var. latifolia
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Madhuca longifolia (Koenig) Macbr. var. latifolia (Roxb.) A. Chev., Rev. Int. Bot. Appl. Agric. Trop. 23: 149. 1943; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 267. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 179. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 495. 2009.
Bassia latifolia Roxb., Pl. Corom. t.20.1795; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:544.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 763(536). 1921.
Madhuca indica J. Gmelin, Syst. Nat. 2:799. 1791; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 395. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 179. 2002.
Madhuca latifolia (Roxb.) J.F. Macbr. in Contr. Gray Herb. Harv. Univ. (ns) 53: 17. 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ilupa, Irippa, Njannal
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m high, bark grey, 1.3 cm thick, vertically cracked, exfoliating in thin scales; blaze reddish-brown or dark red; exudation milky. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered at the end of branchlets; stipules lateral, lanceolate, cauducous; petiole 20-40 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-25 × 6-12 cm, elliptic, base round, obtuse or cuneate, apex acute, acuminate or apiculate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 9-14 pairs, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, creamy, axillary; calyx lobes 4 [ 2 +2], obovate, fulvous tomentose, acute; corolla tube 8 mm long, lobes 6-12, oblong; stamens 16, roughly in 3 series; anthers 3.5 mm, sparsely hairy; connectives apiculate; ovary superior, 3 mm long, 6-celled; style 2.5 cm long, exserted, pubescent below; stigma obtuse. Fruit a berry, ovoid, greenish, fleshy, tawny-tomentose with out; pedicel stout; seeds 2.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-July
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Banks of rivers in semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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):
Creamy, 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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