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Orophea sivarajanii
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Orophea sivarajanii Sasidh., Nordic J. Bot. 19: 301. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 99. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-3 m tall, young shoots glabrous. Leaves alternate, 7-15 x 3-6 cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex, obtuse or rounded at base, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-11 pairs, prominent below and faint above, intercostae widely reticulate, prominulous below and inconspicuous above; petiole 2-3 mm long, glabrous. Flowers in 2 or 3 flowered 1.5-2 cm long glabrous racemes or solitary, axillary or lateral; pedicels 8-12 mm long, glabrous; bract 0.5 mm long, ovate-acute, towards the upper half of the pedicel. Sepals 2 x 2.5 mm, jointed at base, ovate-deltoid, acute, ciliolate along the margins, otherwise glabrous. Outer petals 4 mm across, ovate-orbicular, tomentose along the margins; inner petals 7 mm long (with claw), greenish towards the upper half and white in the lower half, tomentose along the margins; nectaries 2, distinct, horizontal with thick undulating margins and shortly hooked downwards apex. Stamens 12 in 2 rows of 6 each. Carpels 6, glabrous; ovules 2, style hairy. Fruitlets globose, 8 mm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
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:
Kerala
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