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Turpinia cochinchinensis
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Family:
STAPHYLEACEAE
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Citation: Turpinia cochinchinensis (Lour.) Merr., J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 43. 1938; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 62. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 72. 1998; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 415. 2000; W. Arisdason & P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 788. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 247. 2009.
Triceros cochinchinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 184. 1790.
Turpinia nepalensis Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 156. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 241(172). 1918; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 123. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 108. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 128. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 73. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 76. 1998.
Turpinia pomifera sensu Hiern in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 698. 1875, non DC. 1824.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Attuneermulla, Kanali, Kambilivetti, Pambaravetti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 18 m high; bark thin, brown; blaze yellow. Leaves imparipinnate, opposite; stipules interpetiolar, triangular, cauducous; rachis 3-10.5 cm, stout, swollen at base, glabrous; leaflets 3-9, opposite; stipels lanceolate-subulate; cauducous; petiolule 5-28 mm long, slender, grooved above, opposite; lamina 4-15 x 2.5-6 cm, oblong, elliptic-oblong, ovate or elliptic-ovate, base acute or attenuate, apex acuminate, margin serrate or crenate-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 4-8 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 3-4 mm across, cream coloured, in terminal or axillary panicles; pedicel short; sepals 5, 1.5 mm long, ovate, obtuse, ciliolulate; petals 5, 3 mm long, ovate, acute; stamens 5, inserted outside the disc; filaments glabrous; disc raised, 5-lobed; ovary sessile, 3-lobed, 3-celled, ovules 2 or more in each cell. Fruit a berry, 12-18 mm, globose, 1-3 lobed, purplish-brown, 3-celled; seeds angular, dark brown; hilum large.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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):
Creamy
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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:
1000-2000
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Localities:
Pongumala, Chokkampetti, Uppermanalar, Munnar, Vattavada, Sispara, Chandanathode, Devicolam, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy
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