Rare understorey trees in evergreen forests between 900 and 1500 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Hemicyclia wightii Hook.f. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
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 |
Description
Bark greyish-white, smooth; branches drooping; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate; stipules small, lateral, caducous; petiole 2-8 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 4-10.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique or acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-9 pairs, pinnate, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers unisexual, yellowish, in axillary clusters or in the axils of fallen leaves; male flowers: pedicels 3-5 mm long, puberulous; tepals 4-5, 3 x 2-2.5 mm, broadly elliptic to suborbicular, tomentellous outside; stamens 6-10, 1-1.5 mm long; filaments free; anthers oblong; disc entire, pubescent; female flowers: pedicels 4-5 mm long, puberulous; tepals 4-5, 3-4 × 2.5-3.5 mm, suborbicular, tomentellous outside; disc annular; ovary 2 x 1 mm, ellipsoid, 1-locular, ovules 2, sparsely puberulous to glabrous; stigma reniform. Fruit a capsule 17-20 x 15 mm, ovoid, ellipsoid or obovoid, smooth, glabrous; pedicels 10-12 mm long.
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 |
Petiole and leaf insertion
Leaf upper side
Flower insertion
Leaf lower side
Habit
Trees up to 12 m tall.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets terete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petioles 0.2-0.6 cm long, glabrous; lamina 4-9 x 1.5-3.5 cm, elliptic, apex acuminate, base slightly asymmetric, margin entire, subcoriaceous, glabrous, pale greenish to brown when dry; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 6-9 pairs; tertiary nerves admedially ramified.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers unisexual; male flowers axillary clusters; female flowers axillary, solitary.
Fruit and Seed
Drupe, ovoid to ellipsoid 1.7-2 x 1.5 cm, smooth, glabrous; 1-seeded.
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 |
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Rare understorey trees in evergreen forests between 900 and 1500 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: Evergreen Forests. Endemic to Southern Western Ghats
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
Evergreen 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 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Description
Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Wayanad
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 |
Endemic to the Western Ghats- Anamalai and south Nilgiris.
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 |
Kerala: Idukki, Palakkad, 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 |
Endemic Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Vulnerable
Vulnerable
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 |
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Drypetes wightii (Hook. f.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Phyllanthoid.-Phyllanth. 273. 1922; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 139. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 371. 1998; Chakrab. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 277. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 288. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 334. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 735. 2009.
- Hemicyclia wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 339. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1300(909). 1925.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Drypetes wightii (Hook. f.) Pax & Hoffm. in Engl., Pflanzenr. Euphorb.-Phyllanthoid.-Phyllanth. 273. 1922; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 139. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 371. 1998; Chakrab. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 277. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 288. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 334. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 735. 2009.
- Hemicyclia wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 339. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1300(909). 1925.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
| Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
| Family | Putranjivaceae |
| Genus | Drypetes |
| Species | Drypetes wightii (Hook.f.) Pax & K.Hoffm. |
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