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Schefflera capitata
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Schefflera capitata (Wight & Arn.) Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 36. 1894; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 571(403). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 207. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 127. 1988; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 407. 2009.
Paratropia capitata Wight & Arn., Prodr. 378. 1834.
Brassaia capitata (Wight & Arn.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 732. 1879.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Etilamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Low much-branched trees. Leaves alternate, palmately compound; leaflets seven, their stalks 2 inches; ca 15 x 5 cm, coriaceous, glossy on the upper side, dull and light green on lower side; midrib very stout, brown; lateral neves slender, prominent on the upper side, the smaller reticulations distinct on the lower sides; leaf-base sheathing with a triangular intra-petiolar stipule, covering the axillary bud; petiole to 15 cm long. Inflorescens a terminal panicle up to 35 cm long, dark purple. Flowers in dense sessile heads of 6 or 7, at the ends of the stout branches of the panicle; heads 1.5-2.5 cm wide, of about ten flowers. Bracts concave, tomentose. Petals 6, valvate. Stamens longer than the petals abruptly bent inwards just below the anther; anther opening inwards. Ovary bluntly conical, continuous with the disc at the base; 6-celled, ovules one in each cell; styles fused in to a column. Fruits drupaceous, sub globose, 6-angled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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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):
White, 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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Walakkad, Chandanathode
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