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Family: Simarubaceae
Taxonomy: Plantae > Tracheophyta > Magnoliopsida > Sapindales > Simaroubaceae > Quassia > Q. indica
Common name [English]: Niepa bark tree, Rangoon creeper
Vernacular name [Malayalam]:
Nativity:
Nativity:
Habitat: Along backwaters and moist deciduous forests
Habitat: Along backwaters and moist deciduous forests
Description: Evergreen tree or shrub to 10 m high. Leaves: elliptic-oblong, subacute-rounded at base, acute to acuminate at apex, coriaceous, glabrous, shining, reticulately nerved. Petioles 1-2 cm long, stout. Flowers 20 or more in umbelliform glabrous or puberulous inflorescences. Peduncles 7-30 cm long, stout, flat, thick-above; Pedicels 1-1.5 cm long, to 3 cm in fruit, jointed at base; bracts minute. Calyx: 2-3 cm long, 4-lobed; lobes semiorbicular, thick, puberulous outside. Petals 4, free, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, 1-2 x ca 0.5 cm, dorsally pubescent, white, pale yellow or purplish. Stamens 8, pubescent. Anthers oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 mm long; filaments puberulous. Ovary ca 2 mm across, puberulous; styles to 2 cm long, glabrous. Drupes 1-4 together, flat, smooth, glandular and reticulate.
Flowering and Fruiting :Throughout the year
Uses : Folk Medicine,Medicinal
Cultivation : Cultivated, Wild
References
http://www.plantsoftheworldonline.org
https://indiabiodiversity.org
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