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Tetracera akara
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Family:
DILLENIACEAE
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Citation: Tetracera akara (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 19: 366. 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 60. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 55. 1989; N. C. Majumdar in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 158. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 42. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 25. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 10. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 3. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 50. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 36. 2005; N.P. Balakr. & G.V.S. Murthy in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 125. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 69. 2009.
Calophyllum akara Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 121. 1768.
Tetracera laevis DC., Syst. Nat. 1: 401. 1817; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 31. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 7(5). 1915, non Vahl 1774.
Tetracera rheedei DC., Syst.Nat. 1: 402. 1817.
Tetracera indica sensu Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 25. 1982, non (Houtt. ex Christm. & Panz.) Merr., 1917.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nennalvalli, Akara-patsjoti, Kottavalli, Kozhikkattadinayakam
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Description:
Large woody climbers; stem and leaves very scabrid. Leaves 8-12 x 3-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base attenuate, margins entire to serrate, apex acuminate, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 4-8 mm long. Flowers white in terminal and lateral panicles, 2-2.5 cm across; pedicels 1-1.5 cm long. Sepals 4, 6-8 x 5-7 mm, orbicular, reddish, often reflexed in fruit. Petals 4, 0.8-1.1 x 0.7-0.9 cm, orbicular, pinkish-white. Stamens many, 7-8 mm long; filaments yellowish white. Carpels 3-5, c. 1.5 x 1 mm; ovules many; style c. 5 mm long. Follicles 2-3 or more, 6-8 mm long, globose, with 1-3 mm long beak, scabrid; calyx lobes accrescent on follicles. Seeds 1-2, c. 2 x 3 mm, ovoid, black; aril c. 6 mm long, red, fimbriate.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests,also in sacred groves
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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):
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:
-800
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Localities:
Chimmini, Kulathupuzha, Sabarimala, Chathanathara, Thekkuthode, Ponmudi, Elanginelvallikavu, Bonaccord, Attayar
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