Category: Interesting Facts

Kunstleria keralensis C. N. Mohanan & N. C. Nair

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Mutharivalli, Kariveppilavalli General Importance: Large climbers; stems slender. Leaves imparipinnate; leaflets opposite, 9-11 to 16 x 5 cm, ovate-oblong, acuminate, rounded at base, membranous; nerves 4 pairs, reticulate; rachis to 25 cm long. Flowers in terminal and axillary panicles, branches slender, rusty tomentose; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers distantly packed. Calyx […]

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Polyalthia fragrans (Dalz.) Bedd

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Nedunar General Information: Trees grow up to 30 m tall. Bark smooth, greenish-grey, blaze pink. Branchlets floccose when young and terete. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.4-0.8 cm long, stout; minutely hairy; lamina 12-25 x 4-7.5 cm, variable from narrow oblong, narrow-ovate, obovate, sometimes elliptic, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, […]

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Goniothalamus wightii HoOK. F. & Thoms.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Malamthelli General Information: Small trees, 5-7 m tall. Branchlets glabrous, young branches puberulous. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petioles 0.6-1 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 8-22 x 4-4.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex shortly acuminate, base cuneate, coriaceous, glabrous, often black dotted beneath; midrib canaliculate above; secondary nerves 13-25 pairs, slender, looped at margin; […]

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Semecarpus travancorica Bedd.

Systematic Classification: Common Name: Avukkaram General Information: Large trees, up to 35 m tall. Bark fissured; blaze pink. Branchlets stout, glabrous . Latex black. Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 5-8 cm long, stout, terete, swollen at base, glabrous; lamina 29-60 x11-17 cm, wide obovate, apex rounded, base acute, margin revolute, coriaceous, […]

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