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Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.

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Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAnictoclea grahamiana Nimmo
synonymTetrameles grahamiana (Nimmo) Wight
synonymTetrameles horsfieldii Steud.
synonymTetrameles rufinervis Miq.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Bhelew
  • Bhelu
  • Dubong
Malayalam
  • Cheeni
  • Cheenimaram
  • Chini
  • Perumaram
  • Pontham-cheeni
  • Vella-cheeni
  • Vellapasa
Other
  • Bhend
  • Bhendsa
  • Chinni
  • False Hemp Tree
Tamil
  • Cheeni
  • Piyei
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Emergent trees in the openings of evergreen to semi-evergreen forests, up to 900 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
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: 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
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Diagnostic Keys
      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 
        Deciduous dioecious trees, to 45 m high, bole buttressed; bark 10 mm thick, greyish-white, smooth, tuberculate-lenticellate; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, alternate, exstipulate, crowded at the apex of branchlets; petiole 5-15 cm long, slender, tomentose; lamina 7.5-20 x 5-12 cm, orbicular-ovate or broadly ovate, base cordate, apex acute-acuminate, margin glandular-serrate, coriaceous, glabrous above, densely tomentose beneath; nerves 3-5 from base, palmate, prominent, lateral nerves 4-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish-green; female flowers sessile, in spicate pendulous panicles; male flowers subsessile, in pubescent panicles; male flowers: 4 mm across, calyx tube very short; lobes 4, ovate, united at base; petals absent; stamens 4, opposite the calyx lobes, inserted around a flat central disc; pistillode rudimentary; female flowers: 4 x 3 mm; calyx connate with the ovary, 4-gonous; lobes 4, short; petals absent; staminodes absent; ovary inferior, 1-celled, ovules numerous on 4 parietal placentae; styles 4, subulate; stigmas club shaped. Fruit a capsule, 5-6 mm long, urceolate, faintly 8-ribbed, glandular, crowned by persistent calyx segments, opening at top; seeds minute, brown.
        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 
          Habit

          Large, buttressed, deciduous tree, up to 40 m tall.

          Trunk & Bark

          Bark greyish white, smooth; blaze cream.

          Branches and Branchlets

          Branchlets terete, lenticellate.

          Leaves

          Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, leaves crowded at twig ends; petiole to 10 cm long, pubescent; lamina to 12 x 10 cm, broadly ovate to rounded, acuminate, base cordate, irregularly dentate, subcoriaceous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath, 3-5 nerved at base.

          Inflorescence / Flower

          Flowers unisexuals, dioecious; male flowers in pubescent panicles, greenish-yellow, subsessile; female flowers sessile, in spikes.

          Fruit and Seed

          Capsule, faintly 8-ribbed, glandular, urceolate, 0.4 cm long; seeds many, minute.

          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 
            No Data
            📚 Natural History
            Cyclicity
            Flowering and fruiting: March-May
            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 
              Morphology

              Growth Form

              Tree
              Tree
              Ecology
              Emergent trees in the openings of evergreen to semi-evergreen forests, up to 900 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, 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
                References 
                  No Data
                  📚 Habitat and Distribution
                  General Habitat

                  Habitat

                  Terrestrial
                  Terrestrial
                  Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
                  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 
                    Rain forests, hilly areas
                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                    Contributors 
                    Status UNDER_CREATION
                    Licenses CC_BY
                    References 
                      Description
                      Global Distribution

                      Paleotropics

                      Indian distribution

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

                      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 
                        Global Distribution

                        India: Assam, Meghalaya; Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Guinea, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, Australia

                        Local Distribution

                        Throughout Assam

                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                        Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          Maharashtra: Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Coorg, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kasaragod, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore
                          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 
                            Paleotropics; in the Western Ghats- South and Central 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 
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                              📚 Occurrence
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                              📚 Uses and Management
                              Uses

                              System of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine
                              Folk medicine
                              Siddha
                              Siddha
                              System Of Medicines Used In

                              Folk medicine, Siddha

                              FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4295
                              Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4295
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                No Data
                                📚 Information Listing
                                References
                                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921
                                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=4295
                                1. Tetrameles grahamiana Wight, Ic. t. 1956. 1853.
                                2. Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. in Bennett, Pl. Jav. Rar. 79. t.17. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 627. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 544(384). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 197. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 181. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 217. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 156. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 208. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 138. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 304. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 158. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 139. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 293. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 239. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 400. 2009.
                                Information Listing > References
                                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Fischer, 1921
                                2. 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=4295
                                3. Tetrameles grahamiana Wight, Ic. t. 1956. 1853.
                                4. Tetrameles nudiflora R. Br. in Bennett, Pl. Jav. Rar. 79. t.17. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 627. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 544(384). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 197. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 181. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 217. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 156. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 10,16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 208. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 138. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 304. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 158. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 139. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 293. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 239. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 400. 2009.

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                                📚 Meta data
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                                🐾 Taxonomy
                                RootRoot
                                KingdomPlantae
                                PhylumTracheophyta
                                ClassMagnoliopsida
                                OrderCucurbitales
                                FamilyTetramelaceae
                                GenusTetrameles
                                SpeciesTetrameles nudiflora R. Br.
                                📊 Temporal Distribution
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