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Viburnum punctatum
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Family:
CAPRIFOLIACEAE
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Citation: Viburnum punctatum Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 142. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 5. 1880; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 203. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 187. 1989; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 45. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 167. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 144. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 144. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 245. 2005.
Viburnum acuminatum Wall. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 325. 1830; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 575(406). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Konakkara, Konakarimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, blaze dull-red with narrow darker streaks; young parts and inflorescence covered by minute peltate scales. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 5-20 mm, grooved above, slender, peltate scaly; lamina 3.5-13 x 1-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-obovate, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base acute, apex acute or acuminate, margin entire, recurved, glabrous above, punctate and covered with peltate scales beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, 5 mm across, in terminal umbellate corymbs; bracteoles persistent; calyx tube 2 mm long; lobes 5, obtuse; corolla rotate, shortly tubular, 2.5 mm long, white, pubescent; lobes 5, ovate, obtuse, spreading; stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube; filaments erect; anthers oblong-cordate; ovary inferior, 1-celled, oblong, ovule 1, pendulous; style short, stigma broadly 3 lobed, decurrent, subsessile. Fruit a drupe 8 x 5 mm, ovoid, compressed, punctate, reddish-brown, crowned with persistent style; seed one, compressed, ventrally concave.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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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:
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Edappalayam, Pandaravarai, Vattavada, Pachakkanam
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