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Symplocos macrocarpa ssp. macrocarpa
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos macrocarpa Wight ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 582. 1882, ssp. macrocarpa; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 782(549). 1923; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 281. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 195. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 420. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malamparala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 8 m high, bark smooth; blaze yellowish. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-8 mm, stout, rusty pubescent, grooved above; lamina 6-15 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic, obovate, elliptic-oblong; base acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, margin serrate, gland dotted, glabrous above, shiny, coriaceous; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, regular, pinnate; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, white, 8.5 mm across, in 1-4 flowered axillary or terminal short spikes; bracts solitary at the base of each pedicel; bracteoles early cauducous; calyx tube adnate to the ovary, lobes 5, 3-3.5 mm long, campanulate; corolla lobes 5, 3-3.5 mm long, connate at the base; stamens many, unequal, many seriate, adnate to the corolla tube; anthers short, filaments unite at the base; ovary inferior, ovules 2-3 in each cell, pendulous from the inner angle; style filiform; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, 1.5-2 x 0.8-1 cm, ovoid, creamy white, smooth, glabrous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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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):
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:
700-800
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Localities:
Kallar, Boneccord, Bonaccord
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