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Drypetes roxburghii (Wall.) Hurus.

Synonym: Putranjiva roxburghii Wall.
Leaf upper side
Fruit insertion
Leaf lower side
Petiole and leaf insertion
Flower insertion
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🗒 Common Names
Bengali
  • Putranjiva
  • जियापुन्ता
Gujarati
  • પુત્રંજીવા Putranjiva
Hindi
  • जियापोथा
  • पितौजिया
  • पुत्रजीव Putrajiv
Kannada
  • ಪುತ್ರಮ್ಜೀವ Putramjiva
  • ಮೆಣಸಿನಕಲೆ Menasinakale
Konkani
  • Saman
Malayalam
  • പുത്തിലഞ്ഞി Puththilanji
Marathi
  • जीवपुत्रक Jivputrak
  • पुत्रजीवी Putrajivi
Oriya
  • Poilundia
  • Sutajivah
Other
  • Child-life Tree
  • Child's Amulet Tree
  • Eekoli
  • Karupala
  • Lucky Bean Tree
  • Officinal Drypetes
  • Spurious Wild Olive
Sanskrit
  • अपत्यम्जीवः Apatyamjivah
  • पुत्रंजीवः Putranjivah
  • श्लीपदमपहः Shripadamapah
Tamil
  • கறிப்பாலை Kari-p-palai
  • புத்திரசீவி Puttira-civi
Telugu
  • కుదురు౛ువ్వి Kuduruuvvi
  • పుత్రజీవిక Putra-jivika
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
In dry evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, up to 600 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
Contributors
ayyappan Narayanan
StatusUNDER_CREATION
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References
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Habit: Tree
    G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
    Contributors
    StatusUNDER_CREATION
    LicensesCC_BY
    References
      Habit

      Trees up to 12 m tall.

      Trunk & Bark

      Bark dark grey with horizontal lenticels.

      Branches and Branchlets

      Branches slender drooping; branchlets angular, pubescent when young.

      Leaves

      Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipule triangular, acute, caducous; petiole 0.4-1 cm long, nearly glabrous, planoconvex in cross section; lamina 5- 9.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong to elliptic-ovate, apex acute or slightly acuminate with blunt tip, base asymmetric, margin serrate, chartaceous, dark green and shining, glabrous; midrib nearly flat above; secondary nerves 9-12 pairs, slender; tertiary nerves reticulate.

      Inflorescence / Flower

      Flower unisexual; male flowers in axillary clusters; female flowers axillary, solitary.

      Fruit and Seed

      Drupe, ellipsoid, with persistent style; seeds 1.

      B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
      AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
      Contributors
      StatusUNDER_CREATION
      LicensesCC_BY
      References
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        📚 Natural History
        Ecology
        In dry evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, up to 600 m.
        B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
        Contributors
        StatusUNDER_CREATION
        LicensesCC_BY
        References
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Evergreen Forests, Cultivated in Plains
          G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
          Contributors
          StatusUNDER_CREATION
          LicensesCC_BY
          References
            No Data
            📚 Habitat and Distribution
            Description
            Maharashtra: Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg, Thane Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: All districts
            G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            AttributionsG. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
            Contributors
            StatusUNDER_CREATION
            LicensesCC_BY
            References
              Indomalaysia; in the Western Ghats- in dry zones of South, Central and south Maharashtra Sahyadris.
              B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
              AttributionsB. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
              Contributors
              StatusUNDER_CREATION
              LicensesCC_BY
              References
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                📚 Occurrence
                No Data
                📚 Uses and Management
                📚 Information Listing
                References
                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                Information Listing > References
                1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983

                Asterina drypetigena a new species of fungus from Shivamogga, Karnataka, India

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