Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth.
synonym | Nauclea parvifolia Roxb. |
synonym | Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Habit
Deciduous trees, up to 20 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark grey, smooth and thin irregularly scaly when mature.
Branchlets
Young branchlets angular to subterete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipules foliacous with keeled back, interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar; petioles 1-4 cm long, canaliculate in cross section, glabrous; lamina 16 x 10 cm, ovate, elliptic-obovate to orbiculate, apex abruptly acuminate with blunt tip, rarely acute, base acute to attenuate to subcordate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 6-10 pairs, hairy domatia present at axils; tertiary nerves distantly obliquely retiuculo-percurrent.
Flowers
Inflorescence terminal head; flowers sessile, cream-white; calyx lobes short.
Fruit& seed
Capsules, arranged in globose heads, each with 2-folicular cocci; seeds many, winged.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Growth Form
Flower
In terminal or axillary, globose heads; cream. Flowering from April-June.
Fruit
A small capsule, aggregated in globose heads; seeds many, flat, winged. Fruiting June onwards.
Field tips
Bark light grey, smooth with small circular batches. Hairy domatia on the nerve axils.
Leaf Arrangement
Opposite-decussate
Leaf Type
Simple
Leaf Shape
Oblong-(sub)orbicular
Leaf Apex
Obtuse
Leaf Base
Truncate-acute
Leaf Margin
Entire
Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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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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
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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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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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Attributions | Keystone Foundation |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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System of Medicines Used In
Wood is moderately hard and used for making furnitures. The root and bark are used in medicinal preparations.
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System Of Medicines Used In
Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1442 |
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- Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth., Observ. Naucl. Ind. 19. 1839; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 585(413). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 133. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 136. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 225. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 338. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 236. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 183. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 19; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 227. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 158. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 334. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 179. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 152. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 154. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 428. 2009.
- Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth., Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt. Bot. 161. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 25. 1880.
- Nauclea parvifolia Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 52. 1796.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- 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=1442
- Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth., Observ. Naucl. Ind. 19. 1839; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 585(413). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 133. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 136. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 225. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 338. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 236. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 183. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 19; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 227. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 158. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 334. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 179. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 152. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 154. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 428. 2009.
- Stephegyne parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth., Verh. Nat. Gesch. Ned. Bezitt. Bot. 161. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 25. 1880.
- Nauclea parvifolia Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 52. 1796.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- 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=1442
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Genus | Mitragyna |
Species | Mitragyna parvifolia (Roxb.) Korth. |