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Dichapetalum gelonioides (Roxb.) Engl.
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Synonym |
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Chailletia gelonioides (Roxb.) Bedd. |
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Family |
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Dichapetalaceae |
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Local name |
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English- Gelonium Poison-Leaf Malayalam- Cherumaram,Kattukappikkuru |
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Flowering and fruiting period |
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March-July |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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Thiruvananthapuram,
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur,
Thrissur, Wayanad, Malappuram, Kozhikkode |
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Habitat |
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Understorey
trees in evergreen to semi-evergreen forests up to 1400 m. |
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Large shrubs
or small trees, up to 5 m tall. Leaves alternate, 7-10 x 3-4 cm, elliptic,
apex caudate-acuminate, base acute, entire. Flowers unisexual, in axillary or
extra-axillary, short peduncled cymes, densely villous; bracts lanceolate;
sepals 5, 1.5 mm long, ovate; petals 1.5 mm long, obovate, bilobed at apex,
glabrous; stamens 5, filaments short, anthers ovoid, disc 4 lobed, scale
like; ovary 3-celled, cell 2-ovuled, style 1, trifid above. Drupe 10 mm
across, 2-lobed, compressed, rugose; seeds arillate.  |
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