Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk.

Accepted

Trunk

🗒 Synonyms

synonym	Blancoa arborea (Bl.) Bl.
synonym	Harpullia blancoi F. Villar
synonym	Harpullia condorensis Pierre
synonym	Harpullia glanduligera Radlk.
synonym	Harpullia imbricata (Bl.) Thw.
synonym	Harpullia pedicellaris Radlk.
synonym	Harpullia sphaeroloba Radlk.
synonym	Harpullia tomentosa Ridl.
synonym	Otonychium imbricatum Bl.
synonym	Ptelea arborea Blanco
synonym	Streptostigma viridiflora Thw.

🗒 Common Names

English	Dolls eyes Mogum-mogum
Malayalam	Chittilamadakku Puzhukkolli Puzhukolli
Other	Chittilamadakku Puzhukkolli
Tamil	Nei Kottei

📚 Overview

Overview

Summary

Tree

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Subcanopy trees in wet evergreen forests up to 1400 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.
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Brief

Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree

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

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Diagnostic

Diagnostic Keys

Description

Habit

Trees up to 15 m tall.

Trunk\bark

Trunk fluted; bark yellowish grey, smooth, lenticellate; blaze yellowish.

Branchlets

Branchlets terete, minutely yellowish pubescent.

Leaves

Leaves compound, usually paripinnate, sometimes imparipinnate, alternate, spiral, crowded at twig ends, 20-40 cm long; rachis pulvinate, terete, yellowish pubescent when young, later glabrous; petiolule 0.3-0.7 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, puberulous; leaflets 4-5 pairs, opposite, subopposite or alternate, 5-22 x 2.5-8 (-10 cm), usually size increasing towards apex, usually lower leaflets narrow ovate, upper leaflets elliptic-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base asymmetric, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib slightly raised above; secondary nerves 6-12 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.

Flowers

Inflorescence axillary drooping panicles; flowers polygamodioecious; pedicels ca. 3 cm long.

Fruit& seed

Capsule, inflated, orange-scarlet, broader than long, 2-valved, to 2.5 x 5.5 cm; seeds 1-2 per cell, black, arillate.

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.
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Trees, to 15 m high, bole fluted; bark 3-5 mm thick, pale grey, smooth, lenticels horizontal, semi fibrous; blaze creamy yellow; branchlets fulvus tomentose. Leaves pari pinnate, alternate, estipulate; rachis 9-31 cm, slender, pubescent, swollen at base; leaflets 8-12, subopposite or alternate; petiolule 3-5 mm long, slender, pubescent; lamina 5-20 x 2.5-10 cm, lanceolate, oblong, elliptic-oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, base oblique, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, membranous; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers polygamodioecious, 10-12 mm long, yellowish-green, in axillary, or subterminal drooping panicles; sepals 5, free, imbricate; petals 5, long clawed, oblong; disc small, 5 lobed; stamens 5-8, inserted within the disc; filaments slender; anthers oblong; ovary superior, ovoid, 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell, super posed; style elongate; stigma linear, usually more or less twisted. Fruit a capsule, 20-25 x 30-35 mm, scarlet, 2 lobed, 2-celled, inflated, loculicidally 2 valved, coriaceous; seeds 2, ellipsoid, black, shining; aril orange.

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

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Habit: Small tree

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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SubSpecies Varieties Races

Diagnostic Keys

Description

No Data

📚 Nomenclature and Classification

Nomenclature and Classification

Taxon Record Name

References

Type Information

No Data

📚 Natural History

Natural History

Life Cycle

Cyclicity

Flowering and fruiting: January-April

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

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Growth Form

Tree

Look Alikes

Physiology

Ecology

Subcanopy trees in wet evergreen forests up to 1400 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	ayyappan Narayanan
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Miscellaneous Details

Notes: Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests

G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram

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No Data

📚 Habitat and Distribution

Habitat and Distribution

General Habitat

Forests, valleys

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests

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

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Distribution

Description

Global Distribution

India: Assam, Maharastra, Nagaland

Indian Distribution

Barak Valley

Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.

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Global Distribution

Indo-Malesia and Australia

Indian distribution

State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad

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

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Indomalayasia and Australia; in the 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	ayyappan Narayanan
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Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur

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	Sanjana Julias Thilakar G Renu D. Narasimhan
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Endemic Distribution

No Data

📚 Occurrence

Occurrence

No Data

📚 Demography and Conservation

Demography and Conservation

Protection Legal Status

No Data

📚 Uses and Management

Uses and Management

Uses

System of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine

Siddha

System Of Medicines Used In

Folk medicine, Siddha

FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2450

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Medicinal

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

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Contributors	D. Narasimhan
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Folklore

Management

No Data

📚 Information Listing

Information Listing

Species Resources

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN)

Encyclopedia of Life (EOL)

Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF)

National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)

References

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=2450

Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004

Ptelea arborea Blanco, Fl. Filip. (ed. 1) 63. 1837.
Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Koenigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen 16: 404. 1890; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 124. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 112. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 131. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 77. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 117. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 75. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 163. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 78. 1998; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 365. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 74. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 142. 2005; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 779. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 244. 2009.
Octonychium imbricatum Blume, Rumphia 3: 180. 1849.
Harpullia imbricata (Blume) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 56. 1858; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 253(180). 1918.
Harpullia cupanoides sensu Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 692. 1875p.p., non Roxb. 1832.

Information Listing > References

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=2450
Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
Ptelea arborea Blanco, Fl. Filip. (ed. 1) 63. 1837.
Harpullia arborea (Blanco) Radlk., Sitzungsber. Math.-Phys. Cl. Koenigl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. Muenchen 16: 404. 1890; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 124. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 112. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 131. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 77. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 117. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 75. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 163. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 78. 1998; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 365. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 74. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 142. 2005; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 779. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 244. 2009.
Octonychium imbricatum Blume, Rumphia 3: 180. 1849.
Harpullia imbricata (Blume) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 56. 1858; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 253(180). 1918.
Harpullia cupanoides sensu Hiern in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 692. 1875p.p., non Roxb. 1832.