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Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley

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Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley
Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley
Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley
Nothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymMappia cambodiana Pierre
synonymMappia championiana Miers
synonymMappia dimorpha Craib
synonymMappia foetida (Wt.) Miers
synonymMappia gardneriana Miers
synonymMappia insularis (Matsumara) Hatusima
synonymMappia oblonga Miers
synonymMappia ovata Miers
synonymMappia ovata var. insularis Matsumara
synonymMappia tomentosa Miers
synonymMappia wightiana Miers
synonymNeoleretia dimorpha (Craib) Baehni
synonymNeoleretia foetida (Wight) Baehni
synonymNothapodytes dimorpha (Craib) Sleum.
synonymNothapodytes foetida (Wight) Sleumer
synonymNothapodytes gardneriana (Miers) A.J.G.H. Kostermans
synonymPremna nimmoniana Grah.
synonymStemonurus foetidus Wight
🗒 Common Names
Kannada
  • ದುರ್ವಾಸನೆ ಮರ Durvaasane Mara
Konkani
  • घाणेरा Ghanera
Malayalam
  • Peenari
  • Pulippacha
  • പീനാറി Pinaari
Marathi
  • घाणेरा Ghanera
  • नरक्या Narkya
Other
  • Araali
  • Fetid Tree
  • Ghanera
  • Peenari
  • Stinking Plant
Tamil
  • அரளி Arali
  • பில்லிபிச்சு Pillipiccu
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
In openings of evergreen forests up to 2300 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 
ayyappan Narayanan
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub to Small Tree
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Shrub
      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 
        Habit

        Trees up to 8 m tall.

        Trunk & Bark

        Bark brownish, lenticellate; blaze light orange.

        Branches and Branchlets

        Young branchlets subterete, lenticellate, puberulous.

        Leaves

        Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole 1.2-6 cm long, flat above, puberulous; lamina 9-30 x 5-14 cm, broadly ovate-oblong to elliptic-oblong and sometimes obovate, apex acuminate, base acute to rounded attenuate or asymmetric, margin entire, chartaceous (at low elevations) to coriaceous with strong nerves (at high elevations), dark green above, pale beneath, glabrous; midrib flat; secondary nerves 6-11 pairs; tertiary nerves, distantly percurrent.

        Inflorescence / Flower

        Flowers yellowish, in terminal cymes, emitting an unpleasant odour.

        Fruit and Seed

        Drupe, purplish red, smooth, oblong, 1.5-1.8 cm; seeds 1.

        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 
          Trees, to 10 m high, bark yellowish, wrinkled; branchlets angled, appressed-hairy, corky, with prominent leaf scars. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 30-60 mm, stout, pubescent, grooved above; lamina 7-18 x 4-8 cm, broadly ovate, ovate-oblong or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, round or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-10 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform; domatia present. Flowers bisexual, creamy yellow, 5 mm across, in terminal pubescent corymbose cymes or panicles; calyx cupular, 1 mm long, 5-toothed; petals 5, 3 mm long, villous within, apically inflexed; stamens 5, free; disc cupular; ovary ovoid, hairy, 1-celled, ovules 2; style angled; stigma stout. Fruit a drupe, 2 x 1 cm, ellipsoid, blackish-purple; seed glabrous.
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          Contributors 
          Status UNDER_CREATION
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            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: June-September
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Morphology

              Growth Form

              Tree
              Tree
              Ecology
              In openings of evergreen forests up to 2300 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: Western Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
                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
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                  No Data
                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat
                  Moist deciduous, evergreen and shola forests
                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    Description
                    Global Distribution

                    Indo-Malesia and China

                    Indian distribution

                    State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad

                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      Indomalaysia and Indochina; in 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, Satara, Sindhudurg Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
                        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
                          📚 Uses and Management
                          Uses

                          System of Medicines Used In

                          Folk medicine
                          Folk medicine
                          System Of Medicines Used In

                          Folk medicine

                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4713
                          Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4713
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            Medicinal
                            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Attributions Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              No Data
                              📚 Information Listing
                              References
                              1. Mappia tomentosa Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
                              2. Mappia foetida (Wight) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 395. 1852; 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
                              3. Mappia ovata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 9: 396. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
                              4. Mappia wightiana Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
                              5. Nothapodytes foetida (Wight) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 15: 247. 1940 & Blumea 17: 232. 1969.
                              6. Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. in Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab. 88. 1980; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 65. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 114. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 99. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 53. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 94. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 120. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 115. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 113. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 104. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 64. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 54. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 141. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 65. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 42. 2000; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 31. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 261. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 61. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 156. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 123. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 688. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 216. 2009.
                              7. Stemonurus foetidus Wight, Ic. t. 955. 1845.
                              8. Premna nimmoniana Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 155. 1839.
                              1. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4713
                              1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                              Information Listing > References
                              1. Mappia tomentosa Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
                              2. Mappia foetida (Wight) Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 395. 1852; 1: 589. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 196(141). 1915.
                              3. Mappia ovata Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2. 9: 396. 1852; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 589. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
                              4. Mappia wightiana Miers, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 2, 9: 397. 1852; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 197(141). 1915.
                              5. Nothapodytes foetida (Wight) Sleumer, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 15: 247. 1940 & Blumea 17: 232. 1969.
                              6. Nothapodytes nimmoniana (Graham) Mabb. in Manilal, Bot. Hist. Hort. Malab. 88. 1980; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 65. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 114. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 99. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 53. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 94. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 120. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 115. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 113. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 104. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 64. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 54. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 141. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 65. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 42. 2000; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 31. 2000; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 261. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 61. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 156. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 123. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 688. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 216. 2009.
                              7. Stemonurus foetidus Wight, Ic. t. 955. 1845.
                              8. Premna nimmoniana Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 155. 1839.
                              9. D K Ved, Suma Tagadur Sureshchandra, Vijay Barve, Vijay Srinivas, Sathya Sangeetha, K. Ravikumar, Kartikeyan R., Vaibhav Kulkarni, Ajith S. Kumar, S.N. Venugopal, B. S. Somashekhar, M.V. Sumanth, Noorunissa Begum, Sugandhi Rani, Surekha K.V., and Nikhil Desale. 2016. (envis.frlht.org / frlhtenvis.nic.in). FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants, Bengaluru. http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4713
                              10. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000

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                              📚 Meta data
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                              🐾 Taxonomy
                              RootRoot
                              KingdomPlantae
                              PhylumTracheophyta
                              ClassMagnoliopsida
                              OrderAquifoliales
                              FamilyStemonuraceae
                              GenusNothapodytes
                              SpeciesNothapodytes nimmoniana (J. Grah.) D.J. Mabberley
                              📊 Temporal Distribution
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