Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Chailletia edulis Kurz |
synonym | Sarcostigma edule Kurz |
synonym | Sarcostigma horsfieldii R. Br. |
synonym | Sarcostigma roxburghii Wall. ex Griff. |
synonym | Sarcostigma wallichii Baill. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
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 |
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Woody climbers, branchlets glabrous. Leaves 17-22 x 8-12 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base rounded or obtuse; lateral nerves 8 pairs, reticulate; petiole 5-12 cm long. Spikes to 35 cm long, slender, axillary or from tubercles. Flowers 3-6 together, yellow; calyx cupular, 2 mm across, 5-toothed; petals 3-5 mm long, oblong, recurved; stamens 5, anthers versatile, staminodes 5; female flowers mostly from old wood, ovary 1-celled, densely hairy; stigma sessile, discoid; pistillode in male flowers conical. Drupe to 3 x 1.5 cm, ovoid, orange-yellow, glabrous.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Low Altitude
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, also in sacred groves
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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Maharashtra: Kolhapur
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: All districts
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, 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 |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1861
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Medicinal
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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📚 Information Listing
References
- 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=1861
- Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn., Edinb. New Phil. J. 14: 299. 1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 594. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 199(142). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 65. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 114. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 99. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 94. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 103. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 115. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 114. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 65. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 104. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 64. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 141. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 65. 1998; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 35. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 63. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 157. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 125. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 690. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 170. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 217. 2009.
- 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
Information Listing > References
- 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=1861
- Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn., Edinb. New Phil. J. 14: 299. 1833; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 594. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 199(142). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 65. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 114. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 99. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 94. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 103. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 115. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 114. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 65. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 104. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 64. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 141. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 65. 1998; R. Mathur in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 35. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 63. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 157. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 125. 2005; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 690. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 170. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 217. 2009.
- 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
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Icacinales |
Family | Icacinaceae |
Genus | Sarcostigma |
Species | Sarcostigma kleinii Wight & Arn. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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