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Ochna obtusata
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Family:
OCHNACEAE
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Citation: Ochna obtusata DC., Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. Paris 17: 411. 1811; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 93. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 98. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 107. 1994; B. Safui & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 429. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 58. 1999; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 625. 2005.
Ochna squarrosa Bennett in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 523. 1875, non L. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 165(118). 1915.
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Description:
Small deciduous trees, bark rough; branchlets with more or less concentric layers of leafscars. Leaves 5-12 x 2.5-4 cm, lanceolate, crenate, subcoriaceous, glabrous, stipules 2. Umbels axillary or terminal; flowers yellow, pedicels 2.5 cm; sepals 5, 1.5-0.7 cm, ovate; petals 5, 2 x 0.5 cm, obovate; stamens many, filaments as long as anthers, disc lobed; ovary 10-lobed, 2 mm, style 1.5 cm, thick. Drupe 3-10-lobed, to 1 cm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
South Asia
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Payyanur, Chengalayi
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