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Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight

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Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight
Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight
Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymFagara ovalifolia Engl.
synonymFagara pistaciiflora (Hayata) Hiroe
synonymZanthoxylum dominianum Merr. & L. M. Perry
synonymZanthoxylum lucidum Wall.
synonymZanthoxylum sepiarium Wight
synonymZanthoxylum suberosum C. T. White
synonymZanthoxylum varians Domin
synonymZanthoxylum wallichianum Steud.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Mezenga
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Brief
    Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
    AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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      Diagnostic Keys
      Description
      Habit: Tree
      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
      AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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        Stem brownish, smooth; leaflets 8-12 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, apex abruptly acuminate, glabrous, nerves 15-18 pairs with an irregular intramarginal vein; petiole 5-10 cm long. Panicle to 5 x 2 cm, axillary, puberulus. Flowers few; male flowers 2-3 mm long; sepals 4, triangular; petals 2-3 mm long, white; stamens 4; female flowers 3-4 mm long; staminodes 4, filiform; pedicels 5 mm long. Capsule 6 mm across, globose, dark brown; seed 1, globose, shining.
        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: May-October
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Miscellaneous Details
            Notes: Western Ghats, Dry Deciduous Forests, often planted
            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 forests
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Plain areas
                Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                  Description
                  Global Distribution

                  Indo-Malesia

                  Indian distribution

                  State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad

                  Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                  AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam, Meghalaya, Western Ghats, Sikkim; Myanmar, Malaysia

                    Indian Distribution

                    Lakhimpur

                    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                      Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Kottayam, Palakkad, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore
                      G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
                      AttributionsG. 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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                        📚 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=3275
                        AttributionsFRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=3275
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                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          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=3275
                          1. Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight, Illustr. 1: 169. 1839; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 492. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 150(107). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 96. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 106. 1990; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 384. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 51. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 614. 2005.
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983
                          Information Listing > References
                          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=3275
                          2. Zanthoxylum ovalifolium Wight, Illustr. 1: 169. 1839; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 492. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 150(107). 1915; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 96. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 106. 1990; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 384. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 56. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 51. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 614. 2005.
                          3. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983

                          Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India

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