Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Fissilia psittacorum Blanco |
| synonym | Olax loranthiformis Griff. |
| synonym | Olax lucida Heyne |
| synonym | Olax multiflora Rich. ex Baill. |
| synonym | Olax obtusa Bl. |
| synonym | Olax rosea Ridl. |
| synonym | Olax seminifera Valeton |
| synonym | Olax sphaerocarpa Griff. |
| synonym | Olax wightiana var. bracteata Mast. |
| synonym | Olax wightiana var. nigrescens Gamble |
| synonym | Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn. |
| synonym | Olax zeylanica Wall. |
| synonym | Pseudaleia imbricata (Roxb.) Hassk. ex Valeton |
| synonym | Pseudaleia longistylis Hassk. |
| synonym | Ximenia olacoides Wight & Arn. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 8-12 x 4-6 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acute or obtuse, base rounded or truncate, glabrous and chartaceous, lateral nerves 7-9, intercostae obscure; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers to 1 cm across, creamy white; calyx cupular, accrescent; petals 3, to 1 cm long; stamens opposite to the petals, adnate to the base; ovary 3-locular, ovules 3, stigma 3-lobed. Drupe 1.5-2 cm long, oblong, yellow.
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
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and moist deciduous 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 |
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
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=7606
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7606 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 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=7606
- Olax imbricata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 69. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 575. 1875; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 101. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 62. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 138. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 63. 1998; Uniyal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 7. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 60. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 675. 2005.
- Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 89. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 575. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 190(136). 1915; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 63. 1995; Uniyal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 11. 2000.
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=7606
- Olax imbricata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 69. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 575. 1875; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 101. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 62. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 138. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 63. 1998; Uniyal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 7. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 60. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 675. 2005.
- Olax wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 89. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 575. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 190(136). 1915; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 63. 1995; Uniyal in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 11. 2000.
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Santalales |
| Family | Olacaceae |
| Genus | Olax |
| Species | Olax imbricata Roxb. |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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