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Maytenus ovata
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Maytenus ovata (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Loes. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. (ed. 2) 20b:140. 1942; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 67. 1999; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 123. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 711. 2005.
Celastrus ovata Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 159. 1834.
Gymnosporia ovata (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 619. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 210(151). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Elimullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees, spines axillary, mostly confined to basal portion. Leaves to 8 x 6 cm, broadly ovate, obtuse or emarginate, base cuneate, crenate, thinly coriaceous, nerves indistinct; petiole to 1 cm. Cymes axillary, clustered, 2.5 cm; bracts 1 mm, ovate; pedicels slender, 3 mm; sepals 1 mm, ovate; petals 3.5 mm, obovate, spreading; stamens 0.8 mm, inserted on disc; ovary 1.5 mm, ovoid; style 0.7 mm, stout; stigma 3-fid, recurved; ovary 3-celled, ovules 2 in each cell. Fruit to 1.5 cm, obovoid, dehiscent, 3-lobed at apex.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrubjungles
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Manala
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