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Zanthoxylum ovalifolium
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight, Illustr. 1: 169. 1839; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 492. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 150(107). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 96. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 106. 1990; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 384. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 51. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 614. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs or straggaling shrubs, stem brownish, smooth; Leaves trifoliate, alternate, leaflets 8-12 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, glabrous; nerves 15-18 pairs with an irregular intramarginal vein; petiole 5-10 cm long. Panicle to 5 x 2 cm, axillary, puberulus. Flowers few; male flowers 2-3 mm long; sepals 4, triangular; petals 2-3 mm long, white; stamens 4; female flowers 3-4 mm long; staminodes 4, filiform; pedicels 5 mm long. Capsule 6 mm across, globose, dark brown; seed 1, globose, shining.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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:
-1500
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Localities:
Vellimala, Karimala, Ayyappankovil, Padagiri, Mukkali forests
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