Understorey tree in medium elevation evergreen forests, from 600-1000 m.
Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thomson
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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. |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Description
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Flower insertion
Leaf lower side
Leaf upper side
Habit
Shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m tall.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets and buds glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; petiole 0.3-0.4 cm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 4-8 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong or lanceolate, apex obtusely acuminate, base acute to rounded, margin entire, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; secondary nerves 6-8, slender; tertiary nerves reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers usually solitary, axillary; pedicels slender 0.7-2.0 cm long, glabrous.
Fruit and Seed
Clustered 1-2 seeded berries, globose, apiculate, glabrous, brownish black, short-stalked.
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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Leaves 8-10 x 3 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base acute, glabrous, nerves faint; petiole to 4 mm long, tomentose. Flowers 8-10 mm across, solitary or in axillary clusters; pedicels 3-5 mm long, tomentose; sepals 1.5 mm across, orbicular, ciliate; outer petals 5 mm across, orbicular, ciliate, inner petals 9 x 4 mm, rhomboid, glabrous, nectaries oblong; stamens 9-12, glabrous; ovaries 6, glabrous. Fruitlets 8 mm across, globose, glabrous; seed one.
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey tree in medium elevation evergreen forests, from 600-1000 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, 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Description
Endemic to the Western Ghats- South Sahyadri and Coorg Region.
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 |
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Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Thrissur, Kasaragode, 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Thrissur
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 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 |
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📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 111. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 90. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 24(17). 1915; Sriniv., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 12: 374. 1988; Kebler, Blumea 33: 63. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 40. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 47. 1990; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 229. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 32. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 17. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 8. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 14. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 4. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 100. 2009.
- Hooker and Thomson, Fl. Ind. 111. 1855; Keshava Murthy and Yoganarasimhan, Fl. Coorg (Kodagu) 32. 1990; Gamble, Fl. Madras 1: 24. 1997 (re. ed); Sasidharan, Biodiversity documentation for Kerala- Flowering Plants, part 6: 19. 2004; Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 47. 1996.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
Information Listing > References
- Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 111. 1855 & Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 90. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 24(17). 1915; Sriniv., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 12: 374. 1988; Kebler, Blumea 33: 63. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 40. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 47. 1990; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 229. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 32. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 17. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 8. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 14. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 4. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 100. 2009.
- Hooker and Thomson, Fl. Ind. 111. 1855; Keshava Murthy and Yoganarasimhan, Fl. Coorg (Kodagu) 32. 1990; Gamble, Fl. Madras 1: 24. 1997 (re. ed); Sasidharan, Biodiversity documentation for Kerala- Flowering Plants, part 6: 19. 2004; Saldanha, Fl. Karnataka 1: 47. 1996.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Magnoliales |
Family | Annonaceae |
Genus | Orophea |
Species | Orophea uniflora Hook. f. & Thomson |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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