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Ochreinauclea missionis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ochreinauclea missionis (Wall. ex G. Don) Ridsd., Blumea 24: 332. 1978; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 215. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 200. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 343. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 182. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 231. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 341. 1997; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 264. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 260. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 433. 2009.
Nauclea missionis Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 467. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 27. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 582(411). 1921.
Sarcocephalus missionis (Wall. ex G. Don) Havil, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 33: 32. 1897.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aattuvanchi, Neervanchi
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, shallowly irregularly grooved; young shoots glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, 8-14 x 3.5-6 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, apex acute or obtuse, base attenuate or decurrent, margin entire, glabrous, membranous to chartaceous; stipules 4-10 x 2-5 mm, oblong, obtuse, semi persistent, glabrous; petiole 5-15 mm long, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 10-13 pairs, pinnate, regular, prominent beneath, intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-white, 5-6 mm long, in terminal 2.5-3 cm diameter heads, hypanthia mutually connate at apex. Calyx tube short; lobes 4-5, 2-3 mm long, oblong to trigonal-oblong, pubescent below. Corolla infundibular, 8-10 mm long, greenish-yellow; lobes 4-5, 2-3 mm long, pubescent outside. Stamens 4-5, attached to the throat of corolla; filaments short; anthers 1 mm long, basifixed, introrse, conspicuously protruding from the throat. Ovary 2-locular, inferior; placentae attached to the middle of the septum, heart shaped; ovules many; style 7-10 mm, exserted; stigma spindle shaped. Fruit a drupe, globose, fleshy; seeds ovoid, few in each cell.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-November
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District(s):
Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Riverine 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):
Red, White, Yellow
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
50-800
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Thannithode, Parappa, Sreekantapuram, Neriamangalam, Pooyamkutty, Nedumkayam, Edacode
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