Category: Interesting Facts

Mitrephora grandiflora Bedd.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Manjara General Information: Small trees, up to 12 m tall.Branchlets minutely ferruginous pubescent.Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole to 0.6-1.3 cm long, canaliculate; ferruginous pubescent; lamina 8-16 x 3.5-6.7 cm ovate to elliptic, apex acuminate with blunt tip, base acute to rounded, margin entire, coriaceous, dark green above, glabrous; domatia hairy at […]

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Garcinia travancorica Bedd.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Malampongu General Information: Trees up to 12 m tall. Bark brown. Branchlets obtusely quadrangular, glabrous. Latex yellow. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 1-1.8 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous, slightly sheathing at base; lamina 5-11 x 1.3-2.5 cm, narrow oblong, apex obtuse, base acute, margin revolute, coriaceous, glabrous; secondary nerves nearly perpendicular to […]

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Nothopegia aureo-fulva Bedd. ex HoOK. f.

Systematic Classification: General Information: Small trees, 3-5 m high. Leaves opposite to subopposite, 12-20 x 2-4.5 cm, linear oblong to lanceolate, acuminate at apex, around at base, glossy above; nerves 20-30 pairs, close and parallel, vein reticulations raised below, midrib hairy at base. Flowers in short axillary 1-3 cm long, racemes, polygamous. Calyx 4-lobed, 0.05-0.1 […]

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Hydnocarpus macrocarpa (Bedd.) Warp.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Malamarotty General Information: Trees up to 15 m tall.Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent.Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules caducous; petiole 1.2-2 cm long, swollen at apex, pubescent, lamina 17-30 x 6-10 cm, oblong, apex abruptly caudate-acuminate, base acute and asymmetric, margin entire, coriaceous, minutely pubescent on midrib beneath; midrib raised above; secondary […]

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