Erythropalum scandens Blume
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Synonym
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Dactylium vagum Griff.
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Family
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Olacaceae
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Local name
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English- Redstake Climber
Malayalam- vettamb
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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
to South West China and Celebes
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Distribution in Kerala
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Wayanad,
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur,
Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Habitat
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Alluvial
and riverine forests
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Uses
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leaf used in ethno medicine by Kanikkar
tribes in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve, Tamil Nadu
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Key botanical
characters:
Tendrillate climbers. Leaves alternate,
11-15 x 7-10 cm, ovate to deltoid, apex acuminate, base truncate, 3-ribbed,
glaucous below, membranous. Flowers in axillary peduncled cymes, drooping,
pedicellate; sepals cupular, 5-toothed; petals 5, 6 x 2 mm, oblong, obtuse,
yellow; stamens 5, filaments very short, staminodes hairy; disc surrounds the
ovary, ovary 1-celled, 1-3 ovuled, style short, stigma 3-fid. Fruit ovoid, 8
x 6 mm, orange-red, glabrous; seed 1, bluish-black, aril red.
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