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Mastixia arborea ssp. meziana
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Family:
CORNACEAE
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Citation: Mastixia arborea (Wight) Bedd. ssp. meziana (Wang.) Matthew, Blumea 23: 89. 1976; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 201. 1984; Matthew in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 27. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 225. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 217. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,30. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 142. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 166. 1998; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 160. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 213. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 143. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 409. 2009.
Mastixia meziana Wang., Feddes Repert. 4: 336. 1907; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 573(405). 1919.
Mastixia pentandra sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 746. 1879, non Blume 1826; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 574(405). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Neerkurunnu, Vellla-adambu
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 30 m high, bark 2 cm thick, greyish-brown, smooth; lenticels upto 2.5 mm; blaze yellow; branchlets densely ferrugenous-villous when young, subglabrous later. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 10-35 mm long, stout, flattened, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 4-20 x 2.5-10 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, obovate or elliptic-ovate, base cuneate, obliquely attenuate or obtuse, apex obtusely acuminate or acute, margin entire, chartaceous to coriaceous, glabrous or puberulous when young, glabrous when mature, almost glaucous beneath; lateral nerves 4-6 pairs, pinnate, prominent, ascending towards margin, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, 3 mm across, greenish-yellow, in terminal dense panicles, ferrugenous velvety when young, sparsely so later; lower bracts foliaceous, upto 15 mm, rather thin, villous; occasionally bracteole on the receptacle; calyx tube campanulate, 2.5 x 2 mm, lobes 5, deltoid, puberulous, imbricate; disc fleshy, yellow, 4-5 lobed; petals 2.5-3 x 2-2.5 mm, appressed hairy outside, thin, valvate; stamens 5; filaments 1.5-2 mm; anthers 1 mm, oblong-cordate; ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovule 1, pendulous near the top; style 1-1.5 mm, cylindrical. Fruit a drupe 3-3.5 x 2 cm, cylindric ovoid, smooth, greenish-purple, persistent disc and sepals inconspicuous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Kulathupuzha, Vallakkadavu, Arjunankotta, Moozhiar, Orukomban, Parur, Pathenthode, Pattampara
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