Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis
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Attributions | 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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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Habit
Small trees up to 5 m tall.
Branches and branchlets
Branchlets subterete, glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules caducous and leaving scar; petioles 0.2-0.6 cm long, planoconvex, glabrous; lamina 5-15 x 1.5-4.5 cm, narrow elliptic to elliptic-oblong, apex acute to acuminate with mucronate tip, base acute to attenuate, margin serrate, shining above, glabrous beneath; midrib raised above; secondary nerves many anastomizing with double intramarginal nerves; tertiary nerves closely reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Inflorescence terminal and axillary cymes; flowers many; pedicels up to 1 cm long.
Fruit and Seed
Drupe, fleshy, 5 or fewer drupes seated on the enlarged disk, purple; seed 1 per drupe.
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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 |
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Wayanad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
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 |
Attributions | B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry. |
Contributors | |
Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
References |
- Gomphia angustifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 49. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 525. 1875.
- Ochna angustifolia(Vahl) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
- Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis, Taxon 16: 422. 1967; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 62. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 107. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 98. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 106. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 55. 1997; B. Safui & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 425. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 114. 2005; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 622. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 162. 2009.
- Meesia serrata Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 344, t.70, f. 6. 1788.
- Ochna zeylanica Lam., Encycl. Meth. 4:512.1797.
- Ouratea angustifolia (Vahl) Baill. ex Laness., Pl. Utl. Col. Fr. 607. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 167(119). 1915.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Gamble, 1957
- Gomphia angustifolia Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 49. 1791; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 525. 1875.
- Ochna angustifolia(Vahl) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 106. 1891.
- Gomphia serrata (Gaertn.) Kanis, Taxon 16: 422. 1967; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 62. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 107. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 98. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 106. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 55. 1997; B. Safui & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 425. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 114. 2005; E. Vajr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 622. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 162. 2009.
- Meesia serrata Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 344, t.70, f. 6. 1788.
- Ochna zeylanica Lam., Encycl. Meth. 4:512.1797.
- Ouratea angustifolia (Vahl) Baill. ex Laness., Pl. Utl. Col. Fr. 607. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 167(119). 1915.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Gamble, 1957
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malpighiales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl |
Family | Ochnaceae |
Genus | Campylospermum |
Species | Campylospermum serratum (Gaertn.) V. Bittrich & M.C.E. Amaral |