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Solenocarpus indicus
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Solenocarpus indicus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 172. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 27. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 262(187). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 120. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 125. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 82. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 84. 1998; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 505. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 81. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 257. 2009.
Spondias indica (Wight & Arn.) Airy Shaw & Forman, Kew Bull. 21: 16. 1967-1968; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 130. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 68. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 139. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 9. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 171. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 186. 2002; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 818. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattambazham, Molagarisi
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Description:
Small trees, sometimes epiphytic, bark brown, rough, branchlets slender. Leaves pinnately compound; leaflets to 6 pairs, opposite or subopposite, 6-7 x 2-3 cm, ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, sessile, many-nerved, base oblique. Panicle to 20 cm long, axillary or terminal, spreading. Flowers 3 mm across, many, bisexual; calyx 5-lobed, lobes small, imbricate; petals 5, ovate, white; stamens 10, inserted outside the disk; ovary sessile, uni-locular; ovule solitary, pendulous. Drupe to 8 x 5 mm, obovoid, smooth.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thrissur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, sometimes among rock formations
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
700-1000
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Rosemala, Umiyar, Arjunankotta, Vengoli, Kuchimudi, Muthuvarachal, Parur, Punnamala, on way to Periya, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Karappa, Boneccord, Ampumala, Karuvarakundu, Karamanayar region, Kurisumala, Athirumala
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