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Rourea minor
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Family:
CONNARACEAE
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Citation: Rourea minor (Gaertn.) Merr., Interpr. Rumph. Herb. Amboin. 413. 1917; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 74. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 132. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 113. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 120. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 141. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 131. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 87. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 30. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 126. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 85. 1997; M.S. Mondal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 538. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 188. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 151. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 829. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 192. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 259. 2009.
Aegiceras minor Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 216. t.46. 1788.
Rourea santaloides (Vahl) Wight & Arn., Prodr. 144. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 47. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 271(193). 1918.
Connarus santaloides Vahl, Symb. Bot. 4: 87. 1794.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheriyamarikunni, Kuriel
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large woody climbing shrubs; stem and peduncles black; leaves imparipinnate; leaflets 3-7, subopposite or alternate 3-7 x 2.5-4 cm, ovate or elliptic, base rounded, apex acute, thin-coriaceous; vein-reticulations prominent. Flowers in axillary panicled cymes. Calyx lobes 5, upto 3 mm long, ovate or orbicular, enlarging in fruits. Petals 5, 3-4 mm long, oval-oblong, yellowish. Stamens 10, alternating ones longer and shorter. Ovary more or less ovoid; ovules 2; style covered with stipitate glands. Follicles 1-2 cm long, oblong, slightly curved, accrescent calyx and basal portion of style persistent. Seed 1, to 1 cm long, obovate; aril red, sheathing at base.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Malesia
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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, Creamy, Yellow
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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:
400-700
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Localities:
Sholayar, Ponmudi, Thannithode, Pathenthode, Kannoth R.F., Taliparamba, Periyarum, Nagamkulangara, Kulathupuzha, Neyyar, Attayar
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