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Mallotus stenanthus Müll.Arg.

Synonym: Mallotus resinosus (Blanco) Merr.
Venation
Stipule scar
Swollen petiole
Female flower
Leaf apex
Bark
Female flower
Leaf upper side
Leaf base
Branch
Buds
Petiole and leaf insertion
Inflorescence - male flowers
Mallotus stenanthus fruit
Mallotus stenanthus fruit
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  • Karuvalichchi
Tamil
  • Karuvalichchi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Understorey trees in evergreen forests between 350 and 1800 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors
ayyappan Narayanan
StatusUNDER_CREATION
LicensesCC_BY
References
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit

    Trees up to 5 m tall.

    Branches and Branchlets

    Young branchlets flat, pubescent.

    Leaves

    Leaves simple with opposite, decussate, unequal pairs; stipules small, oblong, pubescent, caducous; petiole 0.2-1.8 cm long, terete, swollen at both ends, pubescent; lamina 5.5-14 x 2-6 cm, narrow elliptic-rhombic to oblanceolate, apex caudate, base acute sometimes rounded to retuse, margin irregularly sinuate-dentate, subcoriaceous, resinous yellow glandular and glabrous beneath; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 5-10 pairs; tertiary nerves obliquely percurrent.

    Inflorescence / Flower

    Flowers in slender terminal and axillary racemes, pubescent.

    Fruit and Seed

    Capsule 3-lobed, yellow pellucid punctate with many short stout echinate processes; seeds 3.

    B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
    References
      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
      Contributors
      StatusUNDER_CREATION
      LicensesCC_BY
      References
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        📚 Natural History
        Ecology
        Understorey trees in evergreen forests between 350 and 1800 m.
        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Moist Deciduous Forests. Endemic to Southern Western Ghats
          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
          Contributors
          StatusUNDER_CREATION
          LicensesCC_BY
          References
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            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            Description
            Endemic to the Western Ghats- South, Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
            B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
            References
              Maharashtra: Kolhapur, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: N. Kanara, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Palakkad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni , Tirunelveli, Viluppuram, Virudhunagar
              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
              Contributors
              StatusUNDER_CREATION
              LicensesCC_BY
              References
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                📚 Occurrence
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                📚 Uses and Management
                📚 Information Listing
                References
                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                Information Listing > References
                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983

                Floristic diversity of Bhimashankar Wildlife Sanctuary, northern Western Ghats, Maharashtra, India

                Journal of Threatened Taxa
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