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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.

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Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Arn.
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Swollen rachis
Pinnae
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Lenticels
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAcrocarpus combretiflorus Teijsm. & Binn.
synonymAcrocarpus fraxinifolius var. guangxiensis S.L.Mo & Y.Wei
synonymAcrocarpus grandis (Miq.)Miq.
synonymMezoneurum grande Miq.
🗒 Common Names
Kannada
  • Belanji
  • Hantige
  • Havulagi
  • Houlige
  • Houtige Mara.
Malayalam
  • Cegappuyagil
  • Karangan
  • Karangan.
  • Karingodi
  • Kurangadi
  • Malamkonnai
  • Malaveppa
  • Narivenga
  • Nellara
  • Shegappuagili
Other
  • Kurangadi
  • Malai kondrai
  • Narivenga
  • Pink Cedar
Tamil
  • Kalingi
  • Kurangadi
  • Mallam Konnai
  • Mallaykone
  • Mallekone
  • Nelrai.
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Emergent trees in the openings of evergreen forests up to 1300 m and occasional in moist deciduous forests at low altitudes.
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
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    Tree
    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Tree
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
      AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Habit

        Large deciduous tree with buttresses, up to 40 m tall.

        Leaves

        Leaves compound, bipinnate, very large, 2-3 pinnate, paripinnate; stipules caducous; pinnae 3-5 pairs, each with 5-6 pairs of leaflets; lamina 4-15 x 1.5-4.5 cm, lanceolate, apex acuminate, base broadly attenuate, oblique, margin entire, serrate in seedlings, subsessile, glabrous, subcoriaceous; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 8-12 pairs; tertiary nerves broadly reticulate.

        Inflorescence / Flower

        Inflorescence dense axillary racemes; flowers green with crimson stamens, pedicels short.

        Fruit and Seed

        Pod flat, ligulate, dehiscent, winged; seeds 5-10, obovate, oblique, compressed.

        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.
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          Deciduous trees, to 35 m high, bole buttressed, bark light-grey or yellowish-grey, thin; blaze dull red. Leaves bipinnate, alternate; stipules free, lateral, deciduous; rachis 13-15 cm long, stout, glabrous, pulvinate; pinnae 3-5 pairs, paripinnate, 20-30 cm long, slender glabrous; leaflets 10-16 per pinnae, opposite, estipellate; petiolule upto 4 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 7.5-12 x 2.5-4 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, base oblique, acute or obtuse, apex acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves 7-15 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, green, in dense, erect, axillary racemes, deflexed; pedicels short; bracts small, cauducous; calyx campanulate, disc-lined, lobes 5, lanceolate, equal; petals 5, narrow, subequal; stamens 5, exserted, crimson coloured; anthers versatile; ovary half inferior, stipitate, ovules many; style short, incurved; stigma minute. Fruit a pod 12 x 2 cm, flat ligulate, dehiscent, the upper suture winged; seeds 5-10, obovate, oblique, compressed.
          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
          AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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            Habit: Large 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
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              📚 Natural History
              Cyclicity
              Flowering and fruiting: December-January
              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
              AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Ecology
                Emergent trees in the openings of evergreen forests up to 1300 m and occasional in moist deciduous forests at low altitudes.
                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.
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                  Miscellaneous Details
                  Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen Forests, also Planted
                  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
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                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat
                    Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
                    Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                    AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                      Open areas, plain areas
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                        Description
                        Global Distribution

                        Indo-Malesia; introduced in Africa

                        Indian distribution

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

                        Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
                        AttributionsDr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                          Indomalaysia; in the Western Ghats- occasionally found in South and Central 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.
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                            Maharashtra: Kolhapur Karnataka: Coorg, Shimoga Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Malapuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Madurai, Nilgiri, Tirunelveli
                            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
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                              Global Distribution

                              India: Assam, Meghalaya; Thailand, Sumatra, Nepal

                              Indian Distribution

                              Barak Valley, Nagaon, Goalpara

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              AttributionsDr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                                📚 Occurrence
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                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses
                                System Of Medicines Used In

                                Folk medicine

                                FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7224
                                AttributionsFRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7224
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                                  📚 Information Listing
                                  References
                                  1. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight & Arn., Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 547. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 292. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 397(281). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 161. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 1. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 227. 1997; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 138. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 118. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 109. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 105. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 227. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 317. 2009.
                                  1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
                                  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=7224
                                  Information Listing > References
                                  1. Acrocarpus fraxinifolius Wight & Arn., Mag. Zool. Bot. 2: 547. 1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 292. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 397(281). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 161. 1988; Sanjappa, Legumes Ind. 1. 1992; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 227. 1997; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 138. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 118. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 109. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 105. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 227. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 317. 2009.
                                  2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983, Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
                                  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=7224

                                  Early stages and larval host plants of some northeastern Indian butterflies

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