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Rinorea bengalensis
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Family:
VIOLACEAE
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Citation: Rinorea bengalensis (Wall.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42. 1891; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 72. 1984; S.P. Banerjee & B.B. Pramanik, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 12: 5. 1983 & in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 348. 1993; K. Vivek. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 253. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 118. 2009.
Alsodeia bengalensis Wall., Trans. Med. Soc. Calcutta 7: 224. 1835.
Rinorea zeylanica (Arn.) O.Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 42. 1891; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 59. 1994.
Pentaloba zeylanica Arn., Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 543. 1837.
Alsodeia zeylanica (Arn.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 21.1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:187.1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 49(35).1915.
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets glabrous or puberulous. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-18 x 2-9 cm , elliptic-lanceolate or ovate, obtuse at apex, acute at base, crenate or serrate at margin, thin-coriaceous, glabrous except for bearded nerve axils beneath, greenish when dry; midnerve prominent; lateral nerves 10-12 pairs; petioles to 1 cm long; stipules appressed, linear-lanceolate to subulate, 5-8 x ca 1 mm, distinctly striate. Flowers fascicled, ca 4 mm across; pedicels to 1 cm long; bracts basal, ovate, subacute, ca 1 mm long, brown. Sepals subequal, broadly ovate, ca 2 x 1 mm, ciliate. Petals subequal, oblong-ovate, ca 5 x 1 mm, fleshy, white. Stamens inserted on a thick 5-lobed disc, glabrous; filaments short, broad at base cohering into a tube; anthers free, oblong; appendage subapical, broad, hooded. Ovary oblong, sometimes hairy, 3-ovuled; style short, straight, glabrous. Capsules globose, to 1 cm, glabrous, 3-valved, dehiscing longitudinally; seeds 3 or 4, globose, ca 5 mm, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Riverbanks in semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia, Australia and Pacific Islands
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Aryankavu
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