|
|
| |
Psydrax umbellata
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
RUBIACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Psydrax umbellata (Wight) Bridson, Kew Bull. 48: 762. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 161. 2002.
Canthium umbellatum Wight, Ic. t. 1034. 1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 132. 1880.
Plectronia didyma (Gaertn. f.) Kurz var. umbellata (Wight) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 624(440). 1921.
Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) Teijsm. & Binn. var. umbellatum (Wight) Sant. & Merch., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 3: 107. 1961; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 129. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 212. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 229. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 223. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 217. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 147. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 248. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 342. 2009.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
Nanjul, Karimchulungu
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Evergreen trees, bark yellowish-grey, shallowly fissured; branchlets tetragonous. Leaves simple, opposite decussate, 8-15 x 3-6 cm, elliptic, lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-obovate, oblong-lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, caudate-acuminate or obtusely acuminate, base acute or attenuate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; stipules interpetiolar, connate; petiole 6-10 mm, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, in axillary, compact umbels; peduncle 5 mm long, stout. Calyx tube short, 5-toothed. Corolla tube campanulate; lobes 5, valvate, reflexed. Anthers 5, subsessile on the mouth of the corolla. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules one in each cell; style columnar; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 1.2 cm long, ovoid, black; pyrenes 1-2.
|
| |
Habit:
Tree
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
|
| |
District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
|
| |
Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Yellow
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
|
| |
Localities:
Vellanimala, Vanchikulam, Karimala, Vengoli, Kariamchola, Valiyaparathode, Damsite, Ranni, Teerthundamala, Arunappara, Lock-hert gap, Karappa, Vandanam
|
|