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Terminalia travancorensis
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Family:
COMBRETACEAE
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Citation: Terminalia travancorensis Wight & Arn., Prodr. 314. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 464(329). 1919; Raghavan & Kulkarni, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 219. 1984; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 176. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 184. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 178. 1996; Gangop. & Chakrab., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 361. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 135. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 118. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 353. 2009.
Terminalia angustifolia sensu Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 437. 1832, non Jacq. 1776; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 449. 1878.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chulamaruthu, Kattukadukka, Kodakai, Kotta, Peikkadukka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bole often buttressed, bark 5-6 mm thick, surface yellowish-grey, smooth. Leaves simple, opposite to alternate, estipulate; petiole 12-30 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 8-16 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, ovate-lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base unequally acute or round, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 12-18 pairs, parallel, prominent, arched towards the margin; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, white, 3-4 mm across, in axillary and terminal paniculate spikes; branches hispid; calyx tube constricted above the ovary; lobes 5, hispid outside, densely villous inside; petals 0; disc 5 lobed, villous; stamens 10 in 2 rows; filaments 4 mm long; ovary densely tomentose, inferior; style subulate; stigma terminal. Fruit a drupe 3-3.5 x 1.3 cm, ellipsoid, 5-angled, speckled with brown spots, glabrous, yellowish-brown; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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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
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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:
-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Koruthode, Kariamchola, Nelluyampathy forests, Meenmutty-Kulamavu
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