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Symplocos kurgensis
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos kurgensis Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 576. 1882; Subba et al., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 78:191.1981.
Symplocos hohenackeri Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 582. 1882.
Symplocos hebantha Thw. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 580. 1882.
Symplocos macrophylla Wall ex A. DC. var. kurgensis (Clarke) Nooteb., Rev. Symplocac. 229. 1975; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 268. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 272. 1990.
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high; twigs seriaceous. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 9-20 mm long, slender, seriaceous; lamina 3-12.8 x 0.8-5 cm, elliptic or oblong, base round or cuneate, apex acuminate, margin minutely spinous denticulate, sparsely pubescent on both sides when young, glabrous except the midrib on lower surface when mature, chartaceous; lateral nerves 7-11 pairs, pinnate, slender, slightly prominent beneath, arched, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, white, scented, in axillary spikes of about 5-9.1 cm long; peduncle densely tawny tomentose; bracts 3 x 1.5 mm, at the base of each pedicel; bracteoles early cauducous; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, deltoid, acute, densely tawny tomentose on both sides, cauducous; bracteoles small, cauducous; calyx tube 1 mm long, glabrous, lobes 5, 2-3 x 1-2 mm, ovate, valvate, spathulate, tomentose without, except scarious margin; corolla 5-lobed, lobes 5-6 x 3 mm, oblong, obtuse, glabrous; stamens 50-98, 3-5 mm long, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers basifixed, 2-lobed; disc 5, glandular; ovary inferior, 6 mm, 2-5-celled, ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle; style cylindric, base broad and hirsute; stigma capitate; Fruit a drupe, 13-20 x 6-8 mm, ovoid-cylindrical, stone with shallow length were grooves, depressed at one side towards base; seeds 1-3, oblong.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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
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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:
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Localities:
On the banks of Kunthipuzha, Chandanathode
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