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Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.

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Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymClompanus alata (Roxb.) Kuntze
synonymPterygota roxburghii Schott & Endl.
synonymSterculia alata Roxb.
synonymSterculia coccinea Wall.
synonymSterculia heynei Bedd.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Kath-badam
  • Tula
Bengali
  • Buddha Narikel
English
  • Buddha's coconut tree
Kannada
  • Kolugida
Malayalam
  • Anathondi
  • Kavalam
  • Kodathanni
  • Kudatthanni
  • Poola
  • Porila
  • Pothondi
Marathi
  • करवटी Karvati
Other
  • Aanaithondi
  • Buddha Coconut
  • Buddha's Coconut
  • Kavalam
  • Kodaithondi
  • Pothondi
Tamil
  • Anathondi
  • கொடைத்தோண்டிkodaittondi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Emergent to canopy trees in disturbed evergreen forests up to 700 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
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Tree
    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
    Licenses CC_BY
    References 
      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
      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 
        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Habit: Large 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 
          Habit

          Large deciduous trees, buttressed, up to 30 m tall.

          Trunk\bark

          Bark grey, longitudinally arranged lenticels; blaze yellowish cream.

          Branchlets

          Young branchlets stout, terete, dense golden-brown stellate pubescence, later glabrous.

          Leaves

          Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clutered at twig ends; stipules lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 5-10 cm long, terete, swollen at apex, glabrous; lamina 10-20 (-30) x 7.6-14 (-20) cm, broadly ovate or oblong-ovate, apex acute or slightly acuminate, base cordate or subtruncate, margin entire or slightly undulate, thinly coriaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; 5-nerved at base; secondary nerves 3-4 pairs ascending, raised above; tertiary nerves distantly reticulo-percurrent.

          Flowers

          Inflorescence short axillary panicle, on old wood, rusty brown tomentose; flowers polygamous.

          Fruit& seed

          Follicles of 3-5, to 12.5 x 9 cm, globose or ovoid, woody; seeds ca. 30, winged.

          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 
            Deciduous trees, to 35 m high, bole straight, buttressed; bark, greyish with light and dark patches, smooth; blaze creamy yellow; young parts covered with dense golden brown stellate-pubescence. Leaves simple, alternate clustered towards the end of branches; stipule free, lateral, cauducous; petiole 3.5-10 cm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 10-30 x 7.5-20 cm, ovate or orbicular, base cordate, subcordate or truncate, apex caudate-acuminate or acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, 5-7 nerved from base, palmate, lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, slender, prominent. Flowers unisexual or polygamous, to 2 cm long, brownish, in rusty brown tomentose panicles from leafless nodes; calyx 5-partite, lobes 1 cm long, curved out, tomentose outside; male flowers: staminal column cylindric bearing 4-5 phalanges of about 5 anthers each; female flowers: staminodes round the base of the ovary; carpels 5, free, superior, ovules many in each; style short, recurved; stigma 2-lobed. Fruit of 3-5 follicles, 10-12.5 cm long, obovoid oblique; seeds 25-30, 5-7.5 cm long, oblong, brown winged.
            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
              📚 Natural History
              Cyclicity
              Flowering and fruiting: April-May
              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 
                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Ecology
                Emergent to canopy trees in disturbed evergreen forests up to 700 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
                  Contributors 
                  Status UNDER_CREATION
                  Licenses CC_BY
                  References 
                    No Data
                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat
                    Evergreen and semi-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 
                      Evergreen forests
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        South Asia and Myanmar

                        Indian distribution

                        State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, 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 
                          Maharashtra: Pune Karnataka: Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Palakkad, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: 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
                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
                          Licenses CC_BY
                          References 
                            South Asia and Myanmar; in the Western Ghat- 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

                              India: Assam, Uttar Pradesh

                              Indian Distribution

                              Throughout Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
                              Licenses CC_BY
                              References 
                                No Data
                                📚 Occurrence
                                No Data
                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4940
                                Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=4940
                                Contributors 
                                Status UNDER_CREATION
                                Licenses CC_BY
                                References 
                                  No Data
                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Sterculia heynei Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 230.1874.
                                  2. Sterculia alata Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 287. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 360. 1874.
                                  3. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br. in Bennett & Br., Pl. Jav. Rar. 234. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 104(75). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 95. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 91. 1990; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 455. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 69. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 43. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 102. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 37. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 34. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 96. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 469. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 165. 2009.
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  1. 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=4940
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Sterculia heynei Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 230.1874.
                                  2. Sterculia alata Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 287. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 360. 1874.
                                  3. Pterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br. in Bennett & Br., Pl. Jav. Rar. 234. 1844; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 104(75). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 95. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 91. 1990; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 455. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 69. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 43. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 102. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 37. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 34. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 96. 2005; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 469. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 165. 2009.
                                  4. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B. D, 1984, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                  5. 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=4940

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                                  📚 Meta data
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                                  🐾 Taxonomy
                                  RootRoot
                                  KingdomPlantae
                                  PhylumTracheophyta
                                  ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                                  OrderMalvales Juss.
                                  FamilyMalvaceae Juss.
                                  GenusPterygota
                                  SpeciesPterygota alata (Roxb.) R. Br.
                                  📊 Temporal Distribution
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