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Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.

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Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
Schrebera swietenioides Roxb.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymNathusia swietenioides (Roxb.) Kuntze
synonymSchrebera pubescens Kurz
synonymSchrebera swietenioides var. pubescens (Kurz) Kurz
🗒 Common Names
English
  • Weaver's Beam Tree
Hindi
  • Banpalas
  • Moka
  • बनपलास Banpalas
  • मोखड़ी Mokhdi
  • मोखा Mokha
Kannada
  • Bula
  • Gante
  • Mogalingamara
Malayalam
  • Maggamaram
  • Malamblasu
  • Malamplasu
  • Mala Plasu
  • Manimaram
  • Mushkakavriksham
  • Muskkakavrksam
Marathi
  • Mokadi
  • Nakti
  • मोखा Mokha
Oriya
  • Mokka
Other
  • Malaplasu
  • Manimaram
  • Mogalinga
  • Pasarai
  • Weaver's Beam Tree
Sanskrit
  • Ghantapatali
  • Golidha
  • Kastapatola
Tamil
  • Kattupparutticceti
  • Makalinkam
  • Mogalinga
  • Mogalingam
  • Pasari
Telugu
  • Bullakaya
  • Magalinga
  • Tondamukkudi
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Brief
Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
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
    Habit: Tree
    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 
      Deciduous trees, to 15 m high, bark 0.5 cm, greyish-black, exfoliating in thin irregular scales; blaze pink-red. Leaves compound, imparipinnate, opposite, estipulate; rachis 5-10 cm, slender, pubescent, grooved above; leaflets 7-9, opposite; petiolule 3-30 mm, grooved above, angular, tomentose; lamina 6.5-14 x 3.5-6.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate, elliptic-obovate, base attenuate or oblique, apex acute, margin entire, glabrous above, villous beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, pubescent beneath, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers bisexual, yellowish-brown, fragrant, 1 cm, nocturnal, in terminal, trichotomous cymes; calyx obscurely 4-7 toothed, puberulent, accrescent; corolla 4 mm across, slaver shaped, lobes 4-7, rounded, glandular; stamens 2, attached near the top of corolla tube; filaments short; ovary 2-celled, superior, ovules 3-4 in each cell; style 6 mm long, cylindric; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a capsule, 5 x 2.5 cm, obovoid, loculicidally 2 valved; seeds pendulous, winged.
      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
        📚 Natural History
        Cyclicity
        Flowering and fruiting: May-June
        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
          Field Tips

          Bark grey, thick, wood brownish-grey and close grained. Woody fruits resembling pear. Flowers covered with brown glands. leaf fall February-March, New foliage March-April.

          Flower

          In terminal and axillary cymes, White with brown center, covered with brown glands.

          Fruit

          A capsule, pear-shaped, pendulous, Woody, dotted with rough speaks, dehiscing by two valves. Seeds many, flat, winged.Fruiting March onwards, almost persistent.

          Leaf Apices

          Acute

          Leaf arrangement

          Alternate distichous

          Leaf Margins

          Entire

          Leaf Shapes

          Elliptic

          Leaf Types

          Imparipinnate

          Habit

          A moderate sized deciduous tree.

          Keystone Foundation
          Attributions Keystone Foundation
          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 
              Roots, bark, leaves and fruits are used as medicine.
              Keystone Foundation
              Attributions Keystone Foundation
              Contributors 
              Status UNDER_CREATION
              Licenses CC_BY
              References 
                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Not very common in deciduous belts, on hills 700-100m. Peninsular India, Tropical Himalaya and Burma.
                Keystone Foundation
                Attributions Keystone Foundation
                Contributors 
                Status UNDER_CREATION
                Licenses CC_BY
                References 
                  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
                  References 
                    Description
                    Maharashtra: Ahmednagar, Nasik, Pune, Thane Karnataka: Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Palakkad, Wynad Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dharmapuri, Dindigul, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Tiruvannamalai, 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 
                      Global Distribution

                      India and Myanmar

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, 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 
                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda
                        Ayurveda
                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        Sowa-Rigpa
                        Sowa-Rigpa
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Sowa-Rigpa, Siddha

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1873
                        Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1873
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
                        Licenses CC_BY
                        References 
                          No Data
                          📚 Information Listing
                          References
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                          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=1873
                          1. Schrebera swietenioides Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 101.1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:604.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 792(557). 1923; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 141.1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 273. 1988; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 337. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 186. 2002; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 271. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 513. 2009.
                          Information Listing > References
                          1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987; Matthew 1983
                          2. 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=1873
                          3. Schrebera swietenioides Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 101.1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:604.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 792(557). 1923; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 141.1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 273. 1988; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 337. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 186. 2002; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 271. 2003; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 513. 2009.

                          Tree species diversity in the Eastern Ghats of northern Andhra Pradesh, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa

                          Additions to the flora of Sirumalai hills, Eastern Ghats, India

                          Journal of Threatened Taxa
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                          📚 Meta data
                          No Data
                          🐾 Taxonomy
                          RootRoot
                          KingdomPlantae
                          PhylumTracheophyta
                          ClassMagnoliopsida
                          OrderLamiales
                          FamilyOleaceae
                          GenusSchrebera
                          SpeciesSchrebera swietenioides Roxb.
                          📊 Temporal Distribution
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