Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb.
synonym | Benteca rheedei Roem. & Schult. |
synonym | Cinchona excelsa Roxb. |
synonym | Cinchona orixensis Roxb. |
synonym | Cinchona thyrsiflora Roxb., nom. nud. |
synonym | Exostema philippicum Schult. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon excelsum var. canescens Pierre ex Pit. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon excelsum var. subglabrum Pierre ex Pit. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon excelsum var. velutinum Pierre ex Pit. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon rheedei (Roem. & Schult.) M.R.Almeida & S.M.Almeida |
synonym | Hymenodictyon thyrsiflorum Wall., nom. altern. |
synonym | Hymenodictyon utile Wight |
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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 |
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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 |
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Habit
Deciduous trees, up to 20 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark dark grey, fissured; blaze reddish.
Branchlets
Young branchlets terete, minutely pubescent.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; stipule lanceolate, interpetiolar, caducous and leaving scar, glabrous; petiole ca. 1.2-2.2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 14.5-21 x 7.5-12.5 cm, broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base acute-attenuate to truncate, margin entire, chartaceous, glabrous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves ca. 10 pairs; tertiary nerves broadly obliquely percurrent.
Flowers
Inflorescence axillary or terminal racemes; flowers subsessile.
Fruit& seed
Capsule, elliptic, pendulous, 2-valved; seeds many, narrowly winged.
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 |
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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 |
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 |
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 |
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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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Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts
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 |
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 |
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 |
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Global Distribution
India: Assam, Meghalaya, Odisha
Local Distribution
Barak Valley, Kamrup, Nagaon, Dima Hasao, Sivasagar
System of Medicines Used In
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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System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine, Siddha
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2530 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Cinchona orixensis Roxb., Bot. Descr. Swietenia 21. 1793 & in Med. Facts Obs. 6: 152. 1795.
- Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 149. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 35. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 589(416). 1921.
- Cinchona excelsa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 106. 1799.
- Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb., Taxon 31: 66. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 194. 1989; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 194. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 233. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 223. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 153. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 329. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 175. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 151. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 320. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 355. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 420. 2009.
- 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=2530
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Cinchona orixensis Roxb., Bot. Descr. Swietenia 21. 1793 & in Med. Facts Obs. 6: 152. 1795.
- Hymenodictyon excelsum (Roxb.) Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 149. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 35. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 589(416). 1921.
- Cinchona excelsa Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 106. 1799.
- Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb., Taxon 31: 66. 1982; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 194. 1989; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 194. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 233. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 223. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 153. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 329. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 175. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 150. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 151. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 320. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 355. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 420. 2009.
- 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=2530
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Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Gentianales |
Family | Rubiaceae |
Genus | Hymenodictyon |
Species | Hymenodictyon orixense (Roxb.) Mabb. |