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Schefflera bourdillonii
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Schefflera bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 228. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 570(403). 1919; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 216. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 165. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 364. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 301. 2002.
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high. Leaves digitately compound. alternate, spiral; stipules intrapetiolar, connate within the petiole; rachis 4-10 cm long, slender, sheathing at the base, glabrous; leaflets 5-8; petiolule 0.5-1.5 cm, slender, articulate; lamina 4-9 x 0.6-2 cm, obovate, spathulate, elliptic-obovate or rhomboid, base attenuate or cuneate, apex obtuse, emarginate, margin entire, reflexed, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 2-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual often polygamous, 5 mm across, in subterminal stellate villous umbellate racemes upto 4 cm long; pedicels 5-10 mm long; calyx truncate, lobes 0; petals 5, ovate, acuminate, inflexed; staminodes in females 5, subulate; stamens 5; ovary inferior, 5-celled; styles short, not connate in to a cylindrical column. Fruit a berry, 3 mm across, 5-angled; seeds compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
1000-1600
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Uppermanalar, Chemungi, Pongalapara, Agasthymala peak
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