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Sageraea thwaitesii
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Sageraea thwaitesii Hook. f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 93. 1855; Heusden, Nordic J. Bot. 17: 48. 1997.
Bocagea thwaitesii (Hook. f. & Thomson) Hook. f. & Thomson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 92. 1872.
Sageraea dalzellii Bedd., Ic. Pl. Ind. t. 42. 1874, p.p.
Sageraea grandiflora Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 182. 1914 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 12(8). 1915; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 140. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 65. 1984; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 282. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 19. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 9. 1998; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 171. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pothandi, Manjaara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees to 20 m tall; bark black, smooth. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 8-20 mm long, stout, glabrous, grooved above, blade 18-35 x 7-12.5 cm, broadly oblong; base round, acute or obtuse; apex acute or short-acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves 10-16 pairs, slender, faint, pinnate; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellow, fascicled axillary or on woody tubercles; pedicles to 2.5 cm long; sepals 3, 2-3 x 5 mm, orbicular, ciliate, connate at base; petals 6 (3+3), 13 x 8 mm, orbicular, concave, ciliate along margins; inner petals similar but smaller than outer, glabrous; stamens 12, anthers oblong, connective prolonged, not concealing the anthers; carpels 3-6, free, strigose; style absent, stigma globose. Fruit an aggregate of berries; fruitlets 3.5 cm across, globose, smooth; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Ernakulam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Rosemala, Kattalappara, Koruthode, Puthussery, Kallidamkunnu
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