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Ziziphus glabrata
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Ziziphus glabrata Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 159. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 633. 1875; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 229. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 68. 2002.
Ziziphus trinervia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 606. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 220(158). 1918.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karakodamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high; bark dark brown, blaze orange-red; branchlets tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate; stipule filiform, cauducous; petiole 3-5 mm, stout, pubescent; lamina 1.5-10.3 x 1.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, elliptic-orbicular, or ovate, base obtuse, round or asymmetrical, apex obtuse and retuse, margin crenulate, the crenations tipped with callous points, glabrous, shining above, tomentose on nerves beneath, coriaceous; 3-ribbed from the base, prominent, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, greenish-yellow, 7 mm across, in axillary, peduncled cymes; bracteoles subulate; pedicel to 2 m; calyx tube 1.5-2 mm; lobes 5, pubescent outside, triangular, keeled within, deflexed, valvate; petals 5, 1.5 mm, obovate; disc 10 lobed, entire; stamens 5, opposite to and enclosed in the petals and usually longer than them; filaments flattened; ovary embedded in the disc, 2-celled, ovule solitary; styles 2, connate upto the middle; stigma 2. Fruit a drupe, globose obovoid, to 6 mm across, 1-2-celled, yellow when ripe, rugose; seeds 1 or 2.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh and Bhutan
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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):
Yellow, Green
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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:
Keerapady
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