Understorey trees in wet evergreen forests up to 800 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Cameraria zeylanica Retz. |
| synonym | Gynopogon lanceolatus Kurz |
| synonym | Hunteria africana K. Schum. |
| synonym | Hunteria corymbosa Roxb. |
| synonym | Hunteria corymbosa var. roxburghiana (Wight) Trimen ex Gamble |
| synonym | Hunteria lanceolata Wall. ex A.DC. |
| synonym | Hunteria legocii Livera |
| synonym | Hunteria roxburghiana Wight |
| synonym | Hunteria zeylanica var. africana (K.Schum.) Pichon |
| synonym | Hunteria zeylanica var. salicifolia (Wall. ex A.DC.) Pichon |
| synonym | Tabernaemontana parviflora B.Heyne ex Wall. |
| synonym | Tabernaemontana salicifolia Wall. ex A.DC. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Summary
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Description
Inflorescence insertion
Petiole and leaf insertion
Habit
Small trees, up to 12 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark lenticellate, blaze cream.
Branches and Branchlets
Branchlets slender, glabrous.
Exudates
Latex milky white.
Leaves
Leaves simple, opposite, decussate; petiole 1.3-1.9 cm long; lamina 6-12.7 x 1.4-2.5 cm, narrow elliptic-oblong to lanceolate, apex gradually acuminate to obtuse, base acute, margin entire, shining above, glabrous, chartaceous; midrib canaliculate above, with intramarginal veins; secondary nerves many slender; tertiary nerves admedially ramified.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers in terminal or leaf opposed cymes, white, fragrant.
Fruit and Seed
Drupe, globose, orange red when ripe, 1 or 2-seeded.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Small evergreen trees 8-12 m heigh; bark 8-13 mm thick, yellowish-grey, with lenticular tubercles; latex milky white, scanty; young shoots, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 10-17 mm, glabrous, slender, grooved above; lamina 8-15 x 2-6, elliptic, elliptic-oblong or oblong-lanceolate; base acute, obtuse or rounded; apex acuminate; margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves many, slender, glabrous, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, pale yellow, in terminal or axillary cymes; calyx lobes 5, small, 1.5 mm long, eglandular; corolla slaver shaped, lobes creamy white, acuminate, tube 0.8 mm long; stamens 5, inserted at the dilation of the tube, anthers lanceolate, apiculate; disc absent; carpels 2, free, ovules 2-4 in each cell. Fruit of 2 fleshy berries, 3 cm long, yellow; seed 1 or 2, ovoid.
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 |
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Understorey trees in wet evergreen forests up to 800 m.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Evergreen 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 |
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen 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
Indomalaysia; in the Western Ghats South Sahyadri.
B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
| 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 |
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, 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 |
Kerala: Idukki, Kollam, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Kanniyakumari, Tirunelveli
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 |
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
System of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
System Of Medicines Used In
Folk medicine
FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6967
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=6967 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Hunteria roxburghiana Wight, Ic. t. 1294. 1848.
- Hunteria corymbosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 695. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 637. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 281. 1990.
- Cameraria zeylanica Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 24. 1786.
- Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gard. ex Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 191. 1860; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 253. 1984; Pandura. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 271. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 174. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 291. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 219. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 280. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 203. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 189. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 520. 2009.
- 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=6967
Information Listing > References
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
- Hunteria roxburghiana Wight, Ic. t. 1294. 1848.
- Hunteria corymbosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 695. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 637. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 281. 1990.
- Cameraria zeylanica Retz., Obs. Bot. 4: 24. 1786.
- Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gard. ex Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 191. 1860; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 253. 1984; Pandura. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 271. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 174. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 291. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 219. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 280. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 203. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 189. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 520. 2009.
- 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=6967
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Hunteria |
| Species | Hunteria zeylanica (Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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