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Schleichera oleosa
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Family:
SAPINDACEAE
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Citation: Schleichera oleosa (Lour.) Oken, Allg. Naturgesch. 3:1341. 1841; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 71. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 125. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 108. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 64. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 114. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 111. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 145. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 133. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 78. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 19; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 119. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 77. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 166. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 80. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 78. 1999; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 384. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 76. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 176. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 143. 2005; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 786. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 187. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 246. 2009.
Pistacia oleosa Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 615. 1790.
Schleichera trijuga Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 1096. 1805; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 681. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 248(177). 1915.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Doodalam, Poovanam, Poovam, Puvam, Puvathi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Ceylon oak, Lac tree, Macassar oil tree
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 20 m high, bole fluted; bark 10-12 mm thick, surface grey, smooth, brittle. Leaves paripinnate, alternate, exstipulate; leaflets 4-6, opposite or subopposite, 5-15 x 1.8-4.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, ovate or obovate, apex acute or obtuse, base oblique or rarely obtuse, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; rachis 5.5-11.5 cm, stout, glabrous, swollen at base; lateral nerves 10-23, parallel, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers polygamodioecious, 5-6 mm across, greenish-yellow, in axillary spicate panicles. Male flowers: calyx lobes 5, valvate or obscurely imbricate; petals 0; disc complete, with the disc; stamens 7 or 8, free, inserted within the disc; filaments 1.5 mm, pilose; anthers oblong; pistillode small. Bisexual flowers: ovary 2 mm, superior, 3-celled, ovule 1 in each cell; style rigid, terete; stigma 2 or 3 lobed. Fruit a drupe, 16-18 mm across, subcrustaceous, pointed, often echinate with stout rather blunt prickles; seed 1 or 2, enclosed in a pulpy aril which has a pleasant acid taste; testa smooth, brown.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1000
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Localities:
Sholayar, Vazhachal, Kattalappara, Alampetty, Karimutty, Vallakkadavu, Sabarimala, Muthalakkuzhi, Nedumkayam, Aruvanpara, Angamoozhy, Begur, Trisselari, Taliparamba, Walayar, Mukkali forests, Thuravoor, Panangad, Thenmalai, Ettapadappu, Kulathupuzha, Mee
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