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Allophylus cobbe (L.)Raeush.
Synonym
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Allophylus
cobbe f. racemosus Hiern
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Family
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Sapindaceae
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Local name
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Malayalam- Mukkannanpezhu
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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July - November
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Distribution
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South
India, Sri Lanka and South East Asia
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Distribution
in kerala
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All Districts
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Habitat
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Moist deciduous
and semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves.
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Endemic
/Exotic
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Endemic
to peninsular
and NE India.
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Uses
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Fruits are used against
tapeworm. Bark and leaves are used in elephantiasis. Decoction of leaves used
in colic.
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Key botanical characters:
Large shrubs to
small trees; young stem and peduncles densely yellowish brown pubescent.
Leaves trifoliolate;ovate or elliptic-ovate or rhomboid-ovate.margins serrate
towards the distal half, tomentose on both sides, domatia present in the
axils of nerves; terminal leaflet larger; long. Thyrses axillary, branched,
longer than leaves,Sepals 4,ovate-obtuse. Petals 4, unequal, long, white.
Fruits across, globose.
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