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Naringi crenulata
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Naringi crenulata (Roxb.) Nicolson in Saldanha & Nicolson, Fl Hassan Dist. 387. 1976; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 58. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 92. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 84. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 106. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 95. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 109. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 19; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 84. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 54. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 125. 1997; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 302. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 55. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 50. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 606. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 197. 2009.
Limonia crenulata Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 86. 1798; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 157(112). 1915.
Hesperethusa crenulata (Roxb.) Roem., Syn. Monogr. 1: 38. 1846.
Limonia acidissima sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 507. 1875, non L. 1762.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Dadhiphala, Kattunarakam, Mahavilvam, Malanarakam, Manmatham, Narinarakam, Serakuttunarakam, Vilathi
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m, armed with sharp solitary or paired axillary spines; bark yellowish-grey, smooth, corky; branchlets angled, glabrous. Leaves imparipinnate, alternate; leaflets 3-7, opposite, sessile, 1-6 x 0.7-2.4 cm, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, apex obtuse to emarginate, base acute or obliquely acute, margin crenate, glabrous, profusely pellucid-gland dotted; glands dimorphic; coriaceous; rachis 2.5-10 cm long, winged, wings obovate-oblong, glabrous, punctate; lateral nerves 4-10 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, in few flowered axillary racemes; pedicel 8-10 mm long. Sepals 4, free or united at base, ovate-orbicular, glandular. Petals 4, free, elliptic or oblong, white, glandular, glabrous. Stamens 8, subequal, free, inserted round the disc; filaments subulate; anthers yellow, apiculate, disc thin, glandular. Ovary superior, globose, 4-celled, glabrous, glandular, ovule 1 in each cell.; style stout; stigma capitate; Fruit a berry, 6-8 mm across, subglobose, bluish-black, glandular; seeds 1-4, dull yellow, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Koruthode, Vengoli, Dhoni R. F., Kannoth R.F., Parappa, Mukkali forests, Vadapuram
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