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Myristica fatua var. magnifica
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Family:
MYRISTICACEAE
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Citation: Myristica fatua Houtt. var. magnifica (Bedd.) Sinclair, Gard. Bull. Singapore 23: 282. 1968; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 387. 1994; Rama Bhat & Kaveriappa, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 20: 213. 1996; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 310. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 261. 1997.
Myristica magnifica Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 268. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 104. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1214(850). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 249. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 341. 1984.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kotthapanu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Lofty deciduous trees; height 30 m high, bole often buttressed, with large aerial roots and pneumatophores; bark surface purplish-black, smooth; blaze pale chocolate; young parts clothed with golden brown tomentum. Leaves simple, alternate, bifarious, estipulate; petiole 16-30 mm long, stout, grooved above, clothed with golden tomentum when young, glabrous on maturity, lamina 30-60 x 10-15 cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base round, apex acute or acuminate, glabrous above, reddish tomentose beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 20-26 pairs, prominent, parallel, intercostae obscure. Flowers unisexual, urceolate, rusty tomentose; male flowers 5-6 mm long, 10-20 fascicled on woody tubercles in the axils of leaves; female 6-8 mm long, 2 or 3 in axillary fascicles; perianth ovoid-globose, silky tomentose outside, glabrous inside; lobes 3-[4] acute; staminal column much shorter than the perianth, with a short hairy stalk; stalk ovoid-cylindric, bluntly apiculate; anthers about 15, narrow, slightly unequal in length, covering almost the column. Fruit a capsule 8-10 x 6-7.5 cm, oblong-ovoid, covered with tomentum; seed one cylindrical, brown; aril orange red deeply cleft into a few broad divisions with these again much lacerated and covering the apex of the seed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Kozhikkode, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Myristica swamp 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):
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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:
Kattalappara, Choodal, Kulathupuzha, Kottur R.F., Kulathupuzha
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