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Vepris bilocularis
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Vepris bilocularis (Wight & Arn.) Engl. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. 3(4): 178. 1896; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 151(108). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 105. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 105. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 85. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 127. 1997; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 405. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 55. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 51. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 113. 2005; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 613. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 199. 2009.
Toddalia bilocularis Wight & Arn., Prodr. 149. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 497. 1875.
Dipetalum bioculare (Wight & Arn.) Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 138. 1850.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Moothassari
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Description:
Evergreen dioecious trees, to 25 m high, bark 4-6 mm thick, surface yellowish-grey, brittle. Leaves trifoliate, alternate, leaflets 7-25 x 3-10 cm, elliptic, oblong, elliptic-oblanceolate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-obovate, apex acuminate, base acute, cuneate or rarely oblique,margin entire, revolute, glabrous, pellucid-gland dotted, coriaceous; rachis 2-10 cm long, slender, swollen at base, grooved above, glabrous, lateral nerves parallel, close, intramarginal nerve present, slender, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, 5-6 mm across, yellow, in axillary and terminal panicles; male flowers: calyx small, saucer-shaped, 2-3 lobed; petals 2-4, free, orbicular, glandular, glabrous, imbricate; stamens 6, inserted under the disc, exserted, equal; filaments broad at base; anthers ovate; pistillodes cylindric, 2-cleft above, glabrous; female flowers: sepals and petals as in male flowers; staminodes rudimentary; ovary superior, globose, 2-4-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; stigma capitate. Fruit a berry, globose, 2-celled, fleshy, glandular; seeds 2, planoconvex, brownish.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
-1500
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Koruthode, Kottayali, Kuruva Island, Angamoozhy, Merchiston, Thalichola
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