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Mallotus beddomei
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Mallotus beddomei Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 438. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1323(925). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 252. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 433. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 419. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,31. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 290. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 375. 1998; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 146. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 744. 2009.
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, to 25 x 9 cm, elliptic to oblanceolate, long-acuminate at apex, base acute, dentate along the margins, glabrous; nerves 5 or 6 pairs, nervules parallel, prominent; petioles unequal, 0.5-3 cm long. Male racemes 5-10 cm long, shortly tomentose. Flowers many, clustered; sepals 3 x 2 mm, ovate, glabrous; stamens many. Capsule 1.2 cm across, with soft echinate process.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad, Kannur
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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):
Yellow, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-1600
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Localities:
Walayar, Rosemala, Kallar, Arjunankotta, Panthenthode border, below Punnamala, Mukkali forests, Boneccord
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