1194
Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis
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Synonym
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Campylospermum abbreviatum
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Family |
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Ochnaceae |
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Local
name |
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Malayalam- Aanaperal |
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Flowering
and fruiting period |
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Throughout the year |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia |
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Distribution
in Kerala |
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Wayanad,
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode,
Ernakulam |
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Habitat |
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Semi-evergreen
forests, occasionally in moist deciduous forests |
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Key botanical characters: Woody
erect shrubs. Leaves alternate, 6-16 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic-oblong, base acute,
margins sharply serrulate, apex shortly acuminate, shiny, coriaceous, lateral
nerves many, close, parallel, united into an intramarginal vein; stipules 2,
lanceolate. Inflorescence an axillary or terminal raceme or panicle. Flowers
c. 1.5 cm across; bracts triangular. Sepals 5, elliptic-ovate. Petals 5,
bright yellow, narrowly obovate. Disc lobed. Stamens 10, subsessile; anthers
linear, dehiscing by terminal pores. Ovary deeply 4-5-lobed, reddish; ovule
1-per locule. Drupes 4-5, seated on disc, reniform, reddish brown. |
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