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Schefflera racemosa
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Family:
ARALIACEAE
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Citation: Schefflera racemosa (Wight) Harms in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 38. 1894; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 570(402). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 208. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 185. 1989; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 165. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 143. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 408. 2009.
Hedera racemosa Wight, Ic. t. 1015. 1845.
Heptapleurum racemosum (Wight) Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 214. 1872; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 729. 1879.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Charuka, Ettilamaram, Kappamaram, Kottathunikkan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Medium sized trees, to 10 m high; young parts rusty tomentose. Leaves digitately compound, alternate, stipulate; stipules adnate within the petiole; rachis 12-23 cm long, stout, sheathing at base, glabrous; leaflets 4-8; petiolule 2.5-5 cm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 9.5-18 x 3.8-6 cm, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute; apex acuminate, margin entire or wavy, glabrous, glaucous beneath, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-14 pairs, ascending, slender, raised; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, pale green, in paniculate racemes from stout older branches; bracts, bracteoles and pedicels rusty pubescent, bracts persistent; calyx 5-toothed, obtuse; petals 5, ovate, acute, valvate; stamens as many as petals; ovary cells as many as petals; styles 5, short, connate in a cylindric column, stigma distinct. Fruit a berry, 5-6 mm across, 5-celled, 5 angled, ovoid, glabrous with persistent style.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ollavayal, Mlappara, Udumbatheri, Kottamala, Tirunalli
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