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Platycladus orientalis
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Family:
CUPRESSACEAE
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Citation: Platycladus orientalis (L.) Franco, Portugaliae Act. Biol., Sér. B, Sist. Julio Henriques 33. 1949.
Thuja orientalis L., Sp. Pl. 1002. 1753.
Biota orientalis (L.) Endl., Syn. Conif. 47. 1847.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thuja
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Oriental thuja
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Description:
Small trees; bark reddish brown to light grayish brown, thin, flaking in long strips; crown ovoid-pyramidal when young. Leaves 1-3 mm, apex bluntly pointed; facial leaves rhomboid, with a conspicuous, linear, glandular groove at center abaxially; lateral leaves overlapping facial ones, boat-shaped, ridged, apex slightly incurved. Male cones yellowish green, ovoid, 2-3 mm. Seed cones when immature bluish green, subglobose, ca. 3 mm in diam., when ripe reddish brown, subovoid, 1.5-2(-2.5) × 1-1.8 cm; proximal 2 fertile cone scales 2-seeded, distal 2 fertile scales 1-seeded. Seeds grayish brown or purplish brown, ovoid or subellipsoid, 5-7 × 3-4 mm, slightly ridged.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
East Asia (West China, North Korea)
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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):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
,g,
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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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