Understorey tree in low and medium elevation evergreen forests, up to 1100 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Polyalthia cardiopetala Dalzell |
| synonym | Uvaria obovata Heyne ex Wall. |
🗒 Common Names
| Other |
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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
Leaf upper side
Fruit insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Flower insertion
Leaf lower side
Habit
Large shrubs to small trees, 3-5 m tall.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.5-1.0 cm long, minutely pubescent when young, canaliculate; lamina 10-23 x 3.5-7.5 cm, varies from elliptic-oblong to oblanceolate, apex gradually acuminate, base acute to cuneate, margin undulate, glabrous, secondary nerves 8-15 pairs, looped, intersecondary portion of lamina bulged above, tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers solitary, axillary or 1 to 3 clustered on older branches, sepals reddish green, petals pale green.
Fruit and Seed
Fruits of many 1-seeded berries.
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 |
Shrubs or small trees, 3-5 m tall; young branches puberulous. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, cuneate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, slightly undulate along margins, 10-23 x 2.5-7.5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, brownish beneath; lateral nerves 8-15 pairs, prominently raised beneath, looping near margins; petioles 5-10 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary or a few in superposed clusters, axillary; pedicels 5-10 mm long, pubescent when young; bracts minute at the base of pedicels. Sepals 3, almost orbicular, connate upto middle, free at tips, ca 6 mm across, brownish pubescent. Petals 6 outer 3 cucullate, oblong-ovate, clawed at base, acute at apex, 10-15 x 4-6 mm, brown tomentose; inner ones triangular, united into a mitriform column, 6-9 x 5 mm. Stamens many, ca 2 mm long; connectives capitate at apex. Carpels many, linear-oblong, ca 3 mm long, brown-pubescent, 1-ovuled; styles 2-3 mm long, bifid, elongate, curved; stigma bilobed. Fruitlets ellipsoid, ca 1.5 x 0.7 cm; seed 1.
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
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey tree in low and medium elevation evergreen forests, up to 1100 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: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests
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
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
Endemic to Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
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 |
Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kasaragode, Malappuram, Kannur, 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 |
Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, N.Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Kannur, Kasaragod, Malappuram, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Salem
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 |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Polyalthia cardiopetala Dalz. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2:39.1850.
- Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalz.) Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 107. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:75.1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 18 (13). 1915; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 54. 1985; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 232. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 29. 1996; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 38. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 37. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 93. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kerala, Vol I, 2005
Information Listing > References
- Polyalthia cardiopetala Dalz. in Hook.'s, J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2:39.1850.
- Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalz.) Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 107. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:75.1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 18 (13). 1915; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 54. 1985; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 232. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 29. 1996; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 38. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 37. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 93. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Kerala, Vol I, 2005
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Magnoliales |
| Family | Annonaceae |
| Genus | Goniothalamus |
| Species | Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook. f. & Thomson |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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