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Mesua ferrea var. coromandeliana
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Family:
CLUSIACEAE/GUTTIFERAE
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Citation: Mesua ferrea L. var. coromandeliana (Wight) N.P. Singh, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 10: 203. 1987 & in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 137. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 30. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 32. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 26. 1998.
Mesua ferrea L. ssp. pulchella Vesque var. coromandeliana (Wight) Mahesh., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 336. 1964.
Mesua coromandeliana Wight, Ic. t. 117. 1839.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kilinangu, Nangu, Veluthapala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Iron Wood
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 25 m high, bole straight, buttressed, bark greyish-brown, blaze pink; branchlets terete, glabrous, swollen at nodes. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, estipulate; petiole 6-10 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 5-10 x 2-3 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base narrowed, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, shining, coriaceous; lateral veins many, parallel, close, obscure, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, solitary, axillary, 1.5 cm across, white; pedicel 2-8 mm long, stout; sepals 4, outer 2 oblong, 1 x 1 cm, inner 2 orbicular, 1.5 x 1 cm, glabrous, softly pruinose; petals 4, 2.5-3 x 1.5 cm, white, obovate; stamens numerous, filaments of various length; anthers large; ovary superior, 2-3.5 mm long, globose, 2-locular; ovules 2 per cell; style 5-7 mm long; stigma peltate. Fruit a capsule, 2.5-3 cm long, ovoid, woody, shortly acuminate at apex, subtended by lignified sepals, greenish-yellow, sometimes with a pink tinge; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki
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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):
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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ichampetty, Vallakkadavu
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