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Miliusa wightiana
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Miliusa wightiana Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 149. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 87. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 21(15). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 47. 1990; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 222. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 47. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 15. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 58. 2002.
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Description:
Small evergreen trees, 10-15 m tall; bark black; branches glabrous; young parts pubescent. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 2-6 mm, slender, pubescent; lamina 2.5-9.5 x 1-4 cm, oblong-lanceolate; base obtuse; apex obtusely acuminate; margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous except nerves beneath, lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent and slightly pubescent beneath; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, green, solitary, axillary; pedicels 1.5-2.5 cm long, slender, glabrous; sepals 3, minute, valvate, reflexed; petals 6 (3+3); outer petals like the sepals; inner ones ovate-oblong, 10-15 x 6-8 mm, connate at base, puberulous outside, inner petal longer than outer, glabrous within; stamens many, much broader, connectives hardly apiculate, anther subdidymous, cells not concealed; carpels many, oblong, glabrous, 1-2 ovuled, style short, stigma oblong. Fruit aggregate, fruitlets pisiform, glabrous, granulate; seeds 1-2.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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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):
White, Red
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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:
1000-1300
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Localities:
Charuppara, Rosemala, Silent Valley R. F., near Kaviar, Athirumala
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