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Neonauclea purpurea
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Neonauclea purpurea (Roxb.) Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 483. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 584(412). 1921; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 182. 1998.
Nauclea purpurea Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 54. 1796; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 26. 1880.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Manjanirkadambu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees, ti 15 m high; bark greyish-brown, exfoliating in small irregular flakes; blaze creamy-yellow. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules interpetiolar, entire, flat, deciduous; petiole 10-20 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 10-17.5 x 4-7.3 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae scalariform, slender. Flowers bisexual, purple, 12 mm long, sessile, heads 4 cm across, in axillary or terminal heads, mixed with many bracteoles; calyx tube angular, lobes 5, hispid, corolla tube 8 mm long, funnel shaped, glabrous, lobes 5, obovate, obtuse, imbricate; stamens 5, included, attached to the throat of corolla; anthers oblong, apiculate; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many in each cell, pendulous; style 15 mm long, thickened; stigma globose. Fruit a globose receptacle bearing capsule, 5 x 3 mm, obovoid, truncate, hispid above; seeds many, flat, winged, bifid at the tip.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
River banks in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Purple
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pambavalley, Sabarimala, Walayar
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