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Schefflera venulosa (Wight & Arn.) Harms in Engl. & Prantl
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Synonym
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Heptapleurum venulosum
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Family |
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Araliaceae |
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Local
name |
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Malayalam -Oongavalli |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
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March-June |
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Distribution |
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India,
Myanmar and Indo-China |
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Distribution
in Kerala |
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Palakkad,
Alappuzha, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur,
Wayanad |
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Habitat |
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Evergreen
forests and sacred groves |
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Key
botanical characters: Small trees, branchlets 0.5-0.7
cm thick. Leaves 5 or 6 foliolate; leaflets 10-14 x 5-8 cm, ovate-oblong,
apex abruptly acuminate, base rounded; nervules prominently reticulate;
petiolule 7-10 cm long; stipule 5 mm broad, black. Panicles 20 cm across,
glabrous; umbels 2 cm across, 3-12 flowered. Flowers brown; pedicel 8-12 mm
long. Calyx truncate. Petals 2 x 2.5 mm, triangular. Drupe 4 x 4 mm, globose,
5-angled. .  |
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