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Polyalthia rufescens
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Polyalthia rufescens Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 66. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 16(12). 1915; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 276. 1993; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 167. 2005.
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Description:
Small tree; branchlets densely tomentose when young, puberulous when old. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or slightly cordate at base, shorlyt acuminate at apex, 8-13 x 3.5 -5.5 cm, glabrous on both surfaces, shining above, pale beneath; midnerve grooved above, raised beneath; lateral nerves to 16 pairs, faint above, prominent beneath; petioles ca 2 mm long, swollen, glabrous. Flowers solitary or a few together, leaf-opposed, ca 1 cm across, brown tomentose; pedicels ca 3 cm long, puberulous; bracts basal, minute. Sepals small, broadly ovate, acute, 2-3 x 2 mm, pubescent. Outer petals ovate-oblong, subacute, 8-12 x 5-7 mm, tomentose; the inner smaller. Carpels many, linear, ca 1 mm long, densely silky; ovules 2; styles short; stigmas capitate. Fruitlets globose, ca 6 mm across.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sacred groves
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Distribution:
South India
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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:
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:
South India
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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