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Schefflera chandrasekharanii
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Schefflera chandrasekharanii Ramam. & Rajan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 163. 1982; Shanavas & Santhosh, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 19: 543. 1995.
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Description:
Small trees; bark papery, branchlets terete, lenticellate. Leaves digitately compound, alternate, stipulate; stipules adnate within the petiole; rachis cylindric glabrous, base sheathing; petiolule 5-15 mm long, terete; leaflets 1-2; 5-10 x 3-4 cm, obovate; base cuneate or oblique; apex apiculate; margin crenate, wavy; coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flower bisexual, in terminal umbellate panicles; peduncle 2 cm long, pedicel 1-2 mm long, tomentose; calyx 1 mm long, cup shaped, adnate to the ovary; petals 5, 1 mm long, ovate, glabrous; stamens 5, inserted around the disc, filaments incurved, anthers oblong; ovary 5-celled, ovule 1 in each cell, style short.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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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):
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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:
Munnar, Neymakkadu
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