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Maesopsis eminii
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Maesopsis eminii Engl., Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C. 255. 1895; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 67. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 130. 2005; P.V. Sreekumar & A.N. Henry in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 736. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 230. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kudamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Umbrella tree
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Description:
Trees to 30 m high, bark pale brown, furrowed; blaze red, branchlets pubescent. Leaves opposite or subopposite, deccussate; stipules subulate, cauducous; petiole 10-20 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 8.5-12 x 2.5-4, ovate-lanceolate, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, base obliquely obtuse, apex acuminate, margin serrate, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, parallel, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, 6 mm across; pedicel 0.5 cm; calyx tube obconic; lobes 5, deltoid; petals 5, green, orbicular, concave; disc 10-lobed; stamens 5, enclosed by the petals; ovary superior, ovoid, 1-celled, ovule-1, erect; style stout; stigma 5-furrowed. Fruit a drupe, to 3 x 1.5 cm, oblong-obovoid, orange, muricate; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-April
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur, Palakkad, Kollam, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as shade tree in coffee plantation
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Distribution:
Native of 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):
Green
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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:
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:
Thunakkadavu, Kakki hills
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