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Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.

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Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
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🗒 Common Names
English
  • Hopseed bush
  • Switch sorrel
Hin
  • Sanatta
Hindi
  • Sanatta
  • Sinatha
  • विलायती मेहॆंदी Vilayti-mehdi
Irula
  • Manthiri chedi
Kannada
  • Bandare
  • Bandarike
  • Bandaru
  • Bhandaru
Malayalam
  • Aattotta
  • Krali
  • Unnataruvi
  • Unnatharuvi
  • Unnatharuvi.
  • Virali
  • Vrali
Marathi
  • Lutchmi
Oriya
  • Mohra
Other
  • Aalii
  • Akeake
  • Hopbush
  • Hop Bush
  • Hopseed
  • Krali
  • Sticky Hop Bush
  • Virali
Sanskrit
  • Aliar
  • Rasna
  • Sanatta
Tamil
  • Vilaari
  • Viraali
  • Virali
Telugu
  • Bandaru
  • Pullena
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Shrub
Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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    Common in dry scrub as shrubs; however, also found along margin of high elevation evergreen forests as trees, up to 2400 m.
    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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      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub Distribution notes: Exotic
      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Habit: Shrub to Small tree
        G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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          Habit

          Large shrubs or small trees up to 5 m tall.

          Trunk\bark

          Bark greyish brown, fissured.

          Branchlets

          Young branchlets angular to subterete, scurfy puberulous.

          Exudates
          Leaves

          Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; petiole ca. 0.2 cm long, stout, swollen at base, planoconvex in cross section; lamina 2.5-6.5 x 0.5-1.2 cm, narrow elliptic to oblanceolate, apex acuminate to acute with apiculate tip, base decurre

          Flowers

          Inflorescence panicled cymes, up to 7 cm long, terminal or axillary; flowers small, polygamous; pedicel up to 0.5 cm long.

          Fruit& seed

          Capsule, membranous, compressed, with 3 wings; seeds 1-2, black.

          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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            Shrubs to small sized trees, up to 4 m tall; branches terete, often angled; young parts scurfy puberulous. Leaves alternate, 1-8 x 0.2-1.5 cm, oblanceolate-obovate or broadly elliptic, subacute or shortly apiculate or sometimes notched, abruptly tapering towards the basal end, viscid, with shining yellowish resinous exudation. Inflorescence panicled cymes, up to 7 cm long, lateral nerves up to 35, looping. Flowers greenish yellow. Sepals oblong. Anthers oblong-linear. Capsules membranous, compressed, up to 1.5 cm long, notched at apex and base, 2-3-winged, 1-2-seeded; seeds black.
            Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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              Habit: A stiff, medium sized shrub, upto 3m.
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                📚 Natural History
                Cyclicity
                Flowering and fruiting: January-May
                Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                  Morphology
                  Flower

                  In terminal or axillary racemes or panicles; green. Flowering from August-November and February-April.

                  Fruit

                  A winged capsule, strongly nerved, yellowish-brown; seeds globose, 1-3. Fruiting throughout the year.

                  Field tips

                  Bark thin, grey; leaves glabrous, sub-sessile, gland-dotted.

                  Leaf Arrangement

                  Alternate-spiral

                  Leaf Type

                  Simple

                  Leaf Shape

                  Elliptic-oblanceolate

                  Leaf Apex

                  Obtuse-acute

                  Leaf Base

                  Attenuate

                  Leaf Margin

                  Entire

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                    Ecology
                    Common in dry scrub as shrubs; however, also found along margin of high elevation evergreen forests as trees, up to 2400 m.
                    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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                      Miscellaneous Details
                      Notes: Evergreen Dry Deciduous and Shola forests
                      G. 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
                        Forests, valleys
                        Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                          Shola, evergreen and dry deciduous forests
                          Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                            Description
                            Global Distribution

                            India: Andaman & Nicobar Island, Assam, Bihar, Maharastra, Meghalaya, Gujarat, Punjab, Tamil Nadu

                            Indian Distribution

                            Kamrup, Sivasagar

                            Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
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                              Global Distribution

                              Pantropical

                              Indian distribution

                              State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Wayanad

                              Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                Karnataka: Belgaum, Chikmagalur, Coorg, Dharwar, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Thiruvananthapuram
                                G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
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                                  Most aggresive colonizer on disturbed ground from plains to 1500m. Common. S.Africa, Madagascar, tropical Africa, Arabia, S. Asia, Malesia to Pacific Islands and Australia.
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                                    Pantropical; in the Western Ghats- throughout.
                                    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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                                      📚 Occurrence
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                                      📚 Uses and Management
                                      Uses

                                      System of Medicines Used In

                                      Ayurveda
                                      Ayurveda
                                      Folk medicine
                                      Folk medicine
                                      Siddha
                                      Siddha
                                      Traditional chinese medicine
                                      Traditional chinese medicine
                                      Medicinal
                                      Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
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                                        The stem is very hard and used for making walking sticks and tool handles.
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                                          System Of Medicines Used In

                                          Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha, Traditional chinese medicine

                                          FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=843
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                                            Folklore
                                            Indigenous Information: The young leaves are soaked in hot water and the water used to massage the body to relieve body pain.
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                                              📚 Information Listing
                                              References
                                              1. Dodonaea angustifolia L. f., Suppl. Pl. 218. 1781; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 149. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 78. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 76. 1999.
                                              2. Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 19. 1760; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 697. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 253(181). 1918, var. angustifolia (L. f.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 476. 1863; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 72. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 124. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 111. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 125. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 70. 1998; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 361. 2000; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 777. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 243. 2009.
                                              3. Ptelea viscosa L., Sp. Pl. 118. 1753.
                                              1. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                              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=843
                                              Information Listing > References
                                              1. Dodonaea angustifolia L. f., Suppl. Pl. 218. 1781; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 149. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 78. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 76. 1999.
                                              2. Dodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq., Enum. Syst. Pl. 19. 1760; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 697. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 253(181). 1918, var. angustifolia (L. f.) Benth., Fl. Austral. 1: 476. 1863; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 72. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 124. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 111. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 125. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 70. 1998; P.C. Pant in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 361. 2000; P. Singh & E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 777. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 243. 2009.
                                              3. Ptelea viscosa L., Sp. Pl. 118. 1753.
                                              4. Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
                                              5. 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=843

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                                              📚 Meta data
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                                              🐾 Taxonomy
                                              RootRoot
                                              KingdomPlantae
                                              PhylumTracheophyta
                                              ClassMagnoliopsida
                                              OrderSapindales
                                              FamilySapindaceae
                                              GenusDodonaea
                                              SpeciesDodonaea viscosa (L.) Jacq.
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