Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Tree
Anogeissus acuminata (Roxb. ex DC.) Guillaum. & Perr.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Andersonia acuminata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. |
synonym | Anogeissus harmandii Pierre |
synonym | Anogeissus pierrei Gagnep. |
synonym | Anogeissus tonkinensis Gagnep. |
synonym | Conocarpus acuminatus Roxb. |
synonym | Conocarpus hirtus Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. |
synonym | Conocarpus lanceolatus Heyne ex Wall. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Shrus to small trees, 2-20 m high; bark grey, whitish or dark brown; branchlets blackish, brown or coppery, 1-7 mm thick, terete, minutely grey-pubescent to glabrous. Leaves opposite to subopposite, 3-8 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic to oblong-elliptic or ovate to suborbicular, acute, obtuse or mucronate or sometimes shortly acuminate at apex, base acute to obtuse or subcuneate and sometimes decurrent, thinly coriaceous, sparsely adpressed greyish-pilose to glabrous above, sparsely to densely adpressed tomentellous or glabrous beneath; lateral nerves 4-8 pairs, obscure to faint above; intercostae inconspicuous above, faint beneath, scalariform to reticulate; petioles 1-8 mm long. Inflorescence: heads 1-2 cm across, axillary and terminal, solitary or occasionally in pairs; peduncles 0.5- 2 cm long; bracts on peduncles 1-2 pairs, subfoliaceous, ovate to lanceolate or oblanceolate, 3-10 mm long, subpersistent; bracteoles spathulate or ovate-elliptic, 1-2 mm long. Calyx tube 2-4 mm long, tawny-or ferrugineous-tomentellous; expanded portion cupular or shortly campanulate, 1.5-2 x 2-2.5 mm, glabrous or pubescent only at base; teeth 5-6, triangular, ca 0.5 mm long. Petals 0. Stamens 2-4 mm long; anthers oblong to suborbicular, ca. 0.5 mm long. Ovary 1-celled, ovules 2, style 2-4 mm long. Fruits 3-7 x 5-8 mm (excluding beak), puberulous to glabrous, reddish-brown, often glossy; wings 2, membranous, entire or slightly undulate along margins; beak 1.5-4 mm long; seeds ovoid, 3-5 x 2.5-3 mm.
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Plain areas
Dry deciduous 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India: Throughout; Bangladesh, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam
Local Distribution
Barak Valley
Global Distribution
India and Myanmar
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Anogeissus acuminata (Roxb. ex DC.) Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 7: 280. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 450. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 467(330). 1919.
- Conocarpus acuminata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 16. 1828.
Information Listing > References
- Anogeissus acuminata (Roxb. ex DC.) Guill. & Perr., Fl. Seneg. Tent. 7: 280. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 450. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 467(330). 1919.
- Conocarpus acuminata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 3: 16. 1828.
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Myrtales |
Family | Combretaceae |
Genus | Anogeissus |
Species | Anogeissus acuminata (Roxb. ex DC.) Guillaum. & Perr. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations