Shrub
Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Guatteria suberosa (Roxb.) Dunal |
synonym | Phaeanthus malabaricus Bedd. |
synonym | Uvaria suberosa Roxb. |
🗒 Common Names
Assamese |
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📚 Overview
Diagnostic Keys
Shrubs. Leaves 2.5-7.3x1-3.4cm.
Sanjib Barua
Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Habit: Shrub to Small 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Small trees, 4-6 m tall, branching from base; bark fissured, corky, rough; young branches rufous tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, distichous, estipulate; petiole 2-3 mm long, brown pubescent, slender; lamina 3-12 x 1-3.5 cm oblong, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, base slightly narrowed, oblique or obtuse, apex obtuse or obtusely acute, margin entire, undulate, glabrous and shiny above, pubescent and pale beneath, submembranous; lateral veins 9-12 pairs, pinnate, faint; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-green, mostly suffused with purple, solitary, rarely in pairs, extra-axillary, 8-10 mm long; pedicels slender, 1.5-2.5 cm long; sepals 3, spreading, ovate, acute, ca. 2 x 1 mm, pubescent outside, glabrous inside, petals 6 (3+3); outer petals ovate to oblong-lanceolate, acute, slightly reflexed, ca. 6 x 4-5 mm, thickly coriaceous, silky pubescent outside, glabrous inside; inner ones slightly longer; torus convex; stamens numerous, ca. 1 mm long, connectives slightly convex at top concealing the anther cells; carpels many, ca. 2 mm long, pubescent, ovule one, style oblong, stigma triangular, flat. Fruit aggregate of berries; fruitlets subglobose, purple ca. 5 mm across, puberulous, stalks slender, 0.5-1 cm long; seeds 1, globose, smooth.
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
Reproduction
Seeds
Sanjib Barua
Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Cultivated
Sacred grooves 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 |
Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Uttar Pradesh
Indian Distribution
Nagaon, Kamrup
Karnataka: Mysore
Kerala: Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
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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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Risk Statement
Common
Sanjib Barua
Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Protection Legal Status
It is found growing wild in the tropical forest
Sanjib Barua
Attributions | Sanjib Barua |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
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=4732
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4732 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Uvaria suberosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 34. 1795.
- Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 398. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 65. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 16(12). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 64. 1984; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 278. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 48. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 62. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 48. 2005; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 168. 2005.
- Guatteria suberosa (Roxb.) Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 128. 1817.
- 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=4732
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Uvaria suberosa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 34. 1795.
- Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 398. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 65. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 16(12). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 64. 1984; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 278. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 48. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 62. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 48. 2005; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 168. 2005.
- Guatteria suberosa (Roxb.) Dunal, Monogr. Anonac. 128. 1817.
- 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=4732
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Magnoliales |
Family | Annonaceae |
Genus | Polyalthia |
Species | Polyalthia suberosa (Roxb.) Thwaites |
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