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Elaeagnus conferta Roxb.
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Synonym |
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Elaeagnus dendroidea Schlechtend. |
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Family |
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Elaegnaceae |
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Local name |
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Flowering and fruiting
period |
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December-March |
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Distribution |
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Indo-Malesia and China |
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Distribution in Kerala |
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Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta,
Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad |
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Habitat |
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Semi-evergreen and
evergreen forests |
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Uses |
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Used in Folk medicine |
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Key botanical characters: Thorny climbers, densely covered with silvery
scales; thorns axillary, straight, 1-2 cm long. Leaves to 14 x 7.5 cm, ovate,
acute, glabrous above, silvery-white below; nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct.
Flowers bisexual, 3-6 in axillary fascicles, pedicelled; perianth greenish
white, 1 cm long, urceolate, gamotepalous, lobes 4, ovate; stamens 4,
filaments free, broadened below; anthers transverse; ovary 1-celled;
inferior; ovules solitary; style filiform, stigma lateral. Fruit a nut
covered with thickened perianth base, 2.6 x 1.2 cm, reddish, fleshy. |
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