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Palaquium ellipticum
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Family:
SAPOTACEAE
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Citation: Palaquium ellipticum (Dalz.) Baill., Traite, Bot. Med. Phan. 1500. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 764(537). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 242. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 168. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 264. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 267. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 278. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 204. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 267. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 190. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 397. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 228. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 180. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 414. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 296. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 497. 2009.
Bassia elliptica Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 3: 36. 1851.
Dichopsis elliptica (Dalz.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 658. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 542. 1882.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Choppala, Iluppakkai, Pachendi, Pali
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 0.85 cm, dark brown mottled with white, trunk without branches for a considerable height; exudation milky; young parts minutely pubescent, branches glabrous, sympodial. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered towards the tip, 4-11 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, apex obtusely acuminate, base acute, margin entire, glabrous above, glabrescent below, dark green above, pale yellow, coriaceous; petiole 12-25 mm long, slender, slightly pubescent; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent below; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, in axillary fascicles; pedicels 2.5 cm, pubescent. Calyx lobes 6 in 2 series, outer 3 valvate, inner 3 imbricate, densely villous, outer 3 ovate, inner 3 lanceolate. Corolla lobes 6, campanulate, tube shorter than lobes, lobes ovate-oblong. Stamens 12-20, extrorse; filaments short, hairy; anthers lanceolate, connective produced. Ovary tomentose, 6-celled, superior; style exserted, glabrous, subulate. Fruit a berry, 3-4 x 1.5 cm, fleshy, ellipsoid, smooth, green; seeds 1 or 2, large.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow, Brown, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1400
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Localities:
Sholayar, Choodal, Rosemala, Vellimala, Pooppara, Nelluyampathy forests, Campshed area, Pampadam, Chandanathode, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Kudam-Siruvani forests, Thalichola, Rockwood, Athirumala
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