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Canthium angustifolium Roxb.

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Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
Canthium angustifolium Roxb.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymCanthium leschenaultii (DC.) Wight & Arn.
synonymCanthium trachystyle Ridl.
synonymDondisia leschenaultii DC.
🗒 Common Names
Malayalam
  • Kattakara
  • Kattaramullu
  • Koyikkodavam
Other
  • Kattaramullu
  • Koyikkodavam
  • Narrow Leaved Canthium
  • Shengali
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub
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 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
Licenses CC_BY
References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Erect shrubs with slender branches; spines slender, straight. Leaves to 11 x 5 cm, lanceolate, long acuminate; domatia glandular; petiole 3-6 mm long; stipule acuminate, villous within. Cymes short, sessile. Flowers shortly pedicelled; calyx tube nearly truncate; corolla 5 mm long, tube globose, lobes lanceolate, spreading; anthers strongly cuspidate, hispid at tip. Style 3 mm long, densely bearded at middle. Drupe 10 mm across, globose, black.
    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 
      Habit: Shrub
      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
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: March-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 
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous 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
            Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and 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 
              Forested areas
              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

                India and Myanmar

                Indian distribution

                State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, 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: Kolhapur, Ratnagiri, Satara, Sindhudurg Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode,Malapuram, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: Kanniyakumari, Salem, 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 
                    Global Distribution

                    India: Assam, Meghalaya, Tamil Nadu

                    Local Distribution

                    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
                      Siddha
                      Siddha
                      System Of Medicines Used In

                      Folk medicine, Siddha

                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2712
                      Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2712
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
                      Licenses CC_BY
                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        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=2712
                        1. Plectronia rheedei (DC.) Bedd. var. angustifolia (Roxb.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 625(441).1921.
                        2. Dondisia leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 4: 469. 1830.
                        3. Canthium leschenaultii (DC.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Cat. 77. 1833 & Prodr. 426. 1834.
                        4. Canthium angustifolium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 169. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 135. 1880; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 130. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 205. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 212. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 319. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 223. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 180. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 217. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 146. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 169. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 309. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 248. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 413. 2009.
                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Ranjithakani et al. 1992
                        Information Listing > References
                        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=2712
                        2. Plectronia rheedei (DC.) Bedd. var. angustifolia (Roxb.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 625(441).1921.
                        3. Dondisia leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 4: 469. 1830.
                        4. Canthium leschenaultii (DC.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Cat. 77. 1833 & Prodr. 426. 1834.
                        5. Canthium angustifolium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 169. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 135. 1880; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 130. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 205. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 212. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 319. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 223. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 180. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 217. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 146. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 169. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 309. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 248. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 413. 2009.
                        6. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Ranjithakani et al. 1992

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassMagnoliopsida
                        OrderGentianales
                        FamilyRubiaceae
                        GenusCanthium
                        SpeciesCanthium angustifolium Roxb.
                        📊 Temporal Distribution
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