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Schefflera micrantha
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Schefflera micrantha (Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 569(402). 1919; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 407. 2009.
Heptapleurum rostratum (Wight) Bedd. var. micranthum Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 729. 1879.
Schefflera rostrata (Wight) Harms var. micrantha (Clarke) Mahesh., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 2: 376. 1960; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 127. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 310. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 243. 2005.
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Description:
Small trees, to 7 m high. Leaves digitately compound, alternate, stipulate; stipules adnate within the petiole; rachis 6.5-16 cm long, cylindric, base sheathing, glabrous; leaflets 5, petiolule 15-25 mm, lamina 4-15 x 1.5-4.5 cm, elliptic, lanceolate or broadly obovate, base narrowed, acute or obtuse; apex acuminate or caudate acuminate; margin entire, wavy, chartaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, faint, prominent; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, in lateral panicles or racemes of small umbels, 1.2 cm across, bract and bracteoles glabrous; calyx 6-8 toothed; petals 6-8 stamens 6-8, anthers dorsifixed; ovary 6-8-celled, ovules pendulous stigma 6-8. Fruit a berry, 6-8 angled.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-August
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, 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):
Green
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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, Kakki hills, Karuvarakundu
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