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Alstonia venenata R. Br.

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Alstonia venenata R. Br.
Alstonia venenata R. Br.
Alstonia venenata R. Br.
Alstonia venenata R. Br.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAlstonia venenata var. pubescens Monach.
synonymBlaberopus venenatus (R.Br.) A.DC.
synonymEchites venenatus Roxb. ex A.DC.
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Devil Tree
  • Sinnappalai
Malayalam
  • Analivegam
  • Kuttippala
  • Palamunpala
  • Perumarunnu
  • Theepala
  • Theeppala
Other
  • Devil Tree
  • Perumarunnu
  • Sinnappalai
  • Theeppala
  • Vishagni
📚 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
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Shrubs or small trees. Leaves 12-20 x 1.2-3 cm, linear-oblong, acuminate at both ends, 5 at each node, lateral nerves many, very close. Cymes terminal, to 20 cm across, corymbose. Flowers many; pedicels stout; sepals 1 mm long, ovate, acute, ciliate; corolla tube slender, hairy inside, lobes 13 mm long, oblong, acute, white. Follicle 2-angled, acute; seeds smooth.
    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
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      References 
        No Data
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: February-August
        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
          Miscellaneous Details
          Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous to Evergreen Forests, Endemic to Peninsular India
          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 and dry deciduous forests, often in forests clearings
            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 
              Description
              Global Distribution

              Peninsular India

              Indian distribution

              State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Kannur

              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: Konkan Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Nilgiri, Kanniyakumari, Theni, Tirunelveli, Viluppuram
                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 
                  Endemic Distribution
                  Peninsular India
                  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
                    📚 Occurrence
                    No Data
                    📚 Uses and Management
                    Uses

                    System of Medicines Used In

                    Ayurveda
                    Ayurveda
                    Folk medicine
                    Folk medicine
                    Medicinal
                    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 
                      System Of Medicines Used In

                      Ayurveda, Folk medicine

                      FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=139
                      Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=139
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Information Listing
                        References
                        1. Alstonia venenata R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 77. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 642. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 810(569). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 251. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 174. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 278. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 289. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 218. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 29. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 277. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 201. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 409. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 241. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 187. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 187. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 435. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 516. 2009.
                        1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                        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=139
                        Information Listing > References
                        1. Alstonia venenata R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 77. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 642. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 810(569). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 251. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 174. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 278. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 289. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 218. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 29. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 277. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 201. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 36. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 409. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 241. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 187. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 187. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 435. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 516. 2009.
                        2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                        3. 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=139

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                        📚 Meta data
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                        🐾 Taxonomy
                        RootRoot
                        KingdomPlantae
                        PhylumTracheophyta
                        ClassMagnoliopsida
                        OrderGentianales
                        FamilyApocynaceae
                        GenusAlstonia
                        SpeciesAlstonia venenata R. Br.
                        📊 Temporal Distribution
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