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Salacia chinensis L.
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Synonym |
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Salacia prinoides
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Family |
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Hippocrateaceae
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Local name |
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Malayalam- Cherukoranti |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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February-March |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia |
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Distribution in kerala |
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Thiruvananthapuram,
Kollam, Palakkad, Alappuzha, Malappuram, Kottayam |
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Habitat |
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Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves |
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Uses |
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Medicinal |
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Key botanical characters: Shrubs. Leaves 4-8 x
1.5-2.5 cm, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, acute-acuminate at apex, subacute to
obtuse at base, somewhat oblique, crenate-serrate on margins; petioles
0.6-0.8 cm long. Inflorescence axillary umbels; peduncle to 1 cm long;
pedicels 0.6-0.8 cm long. Flowers 0.6-0.7 cm across. Calyx lobes 5, minute.
Petals 5, 0.3-0.4 cm, orbicular, greenish yellow. Disc intrastaminal. Stamens
3, inserted on rim of disc; filaments 0.15 cm long. Ovary 0.1 cm, ovoid,
3-celled; ovules 2 or more per cell. Berry globose, 0.7-1 cm diam.  |
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