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Aphanamixis
polystachya (Wall.) R. Parker
Synonym
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Amoora grandifolia Walp.
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Family
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Meliaceae
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Local name
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English- Rohituka tree
Malayalam- Chemmaram, Karakil
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Flowering
and fruiting period
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January -
December
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Distribution
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India,
pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar.
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Distribution
in kerala
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All
districts
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Habitat
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Evergreen,
semi-evergreen and shola forest also
in sacred groves
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IUCN Status
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Least concern
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Endemic/Exotic
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Endemic to India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan,Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka.
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Uses
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Bark
is used in the enlargement of liver, spleen and abdominal complaints and
tumours. Seed oil is applied in sores and a liniment in rheumatism.
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Key botanical characters:
Evergreen trees, Leaves imparipinnate, alternate. Flowers -polygamodioecious,
white; panicles, axillary, drooping; sepals 5, orbicular, thick; petals 3,
white, orbicular; staminal tube long, globose; anthers 6, oblong, included;
ovary superior, ovoid,
pubescent,ovules 2 in each cell; stigma 3-lobed, subsessile. Fruit a capsule,
glabrous yellow or purplish; seeds 2 or 3, oblong, with a scarlet aril.
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