Understorey tree in evergreen to dry evergreen forests up to 1400 m.
Dimorphocalyx lawianus Hook.f.
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Habit: Tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Inflorescence insertion
Leaf lower side
Leaf lower side
Inflorescence insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Leaf upper side
Leaf lower side
Leaf upper and lower side
Flower insertion
Habit
Trees up to 8 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark greyish, minutely lenticellate; blaze orange.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets terete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipule triangular, caducous; petiole 0.6-2 cm long, canaliculate, glabrous; lamina 6-18 x 2.3-9 cm, narrow elliptic to lanceolate, apex acuminate or acute with blunt tip, base acute to rounded, margin undulate or distantly obscurely crenulate with marginal glands at the crenatures, subcoriaceous, glabrous; secondary nerves 6-11 pairs; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers unisexual, dioecious; male flowers white, in cymes; female flower solitary or 2-3 together, terminal or leaf opposed.
Fruit and Seed
Capsule, globose, hairy, 3-lobed; fruiting calyx 4-5 oblong-lanceolate unequal lobes; seeds 3.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey tree in evergreen to dry evergreen forests up to 1400 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Evergreen Forests. Endemic to Western Ghats
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Endemic to the Western Ghats- South, Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Theni, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Gamble 1957
Forest evergreenness and tree endemism in the central Western Ghats, southern India
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Journal of Threatened TaxaCassipourea ceylanica (Gardn.) Alston (1925) (Rhizophoraceae) in Karnataka
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Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus | Dimorphocalyx |
| Species | Dimorphocalyx glabellus Thwaites |
| Infraspecies | Dimorphocalyx glabellus lawianus (Hook.f.) Chakrab. & N.P.Balakr. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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