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Maytenus wallichii
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Maytenus wallichii (G. Don) Bennet & Sahni, Indian For. 103: 387. 1977; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 128. 2000; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 711. 2005.
Catha wallichii G. Don, Gen. Hist. 2: 10. 1832.
Gymnosporia wallichiana Spreng. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 159. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 621. 1875.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets zig-zag, terete, thorny. Leaves simple, alternate, 2.5-4 x 2-3 cm, obovate, obtuse or emarginate at apex, cuneate at base, coriceous and glabrous; nerves distinct, reticulate. Flowers in cymes or fascicles, axillary or on spines. Sepals 5, 3-angled. Petals 5, oblong, thin. Stamens 5, interpetaloid, inserted below disc. Disc rounded and fleshy. Ovary within the disc; stigmas capitate. Fruits capsular, slightly obcordate, ca 12 mm long, 3-loculed, 6-seeded; seeds flat, arillate; aril attached only to the base of seed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
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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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