Leptonychia caudata (Wall. ex G. Don) Burret
synonym | Binnendijkia trichostylis Kurz |
synonym | Grewia acuminata Bedd. |
synonym | Grewia caudata Wall. ex G. Don |
synonym | Grewia heteroclita Roxb. |
synonym | Leptonychia acuminata Mast. |
synonym | Leptonychia acuminata var. mastersiana King |
synonym | Leptonychia glabra Turcz. |
synonym | Leptonychia heteroclita K. Schum. |
synonym | Leptonychia moacurroides Bedd. |
synonym | Paragrewia poilanei Gagnep. |
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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. |
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 |
Habit
Small trees up to 5 m tall.
Trunk\bark
Bark grey, lenticellate; blaze cream.
Branchlets
Young branchlets slender, striate, terete stellate hairy, later glabrous.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, distichous; stipules lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.7-1.3 cm long, terete or slightly canaliculate at apex, swollen at both ends, sparsely stellate hairy when young, later glabrous; lamina 8-16 x 2.3-6.3 cm, narrow elliptic or narrow elliptic-oblong, apex caudate (acumen 1.5-4 cm long), base acute to rounded, margin entire or distantly irregularly crenulate at least towards apex, chartaceous, glabrous or with few scattered stellate hairs beneath when young; midrib thinly raised or flat above; trinerved at base; secondary nerves 4-6 pairs, ascending, looped; tertiary nerves distantly horizontally percurrent.
Flowers
Inflorescence axillary short cymes; flowers greenish-white; pedicel 0.3 cm long.
Fruit& seed
Capsule, obovoid, to 1.8 cm long; seeds 1-3, with orange-red aril.
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 | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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: Palakkad, Kannur, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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 |
- Leptonychia acuminata Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874, non Burrett 1926.
- Paragrewia poilanii Gagnep. ex Rao, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 671. f. 1-9. 1953.
- Leptonychia acuminata (Bedd.) Burrett, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 9: 727. 1926, non Mast. 1874.
- Grewia heteroclita Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2:590.1832.
- Grewia caudata Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 547. 1831.
- Leptonychia moacurroides Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 114.1871; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:379. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 112(80). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 32. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 68. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 89. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 85. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 108. 2002.
- Leptonychia caudata (Wall. ex G. Don) Burrett, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 9: 727. 1926; Veldkamp & Flipphi, Blumea 32: 451. 1987; Duatta in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 435. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 66. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 100. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 42. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 33. 2002; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 460. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 163. 2009.
- Leptonychia glabra Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 31: 233; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874.
- Leptonychia heteroclita (Roxb.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 67. 1870.
- Grewia acuminata Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 38. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874, p.p.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
- Leptonychia acuminata Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874, non Burrett 1926.
- Paragrewia poilanii Gagnep. ex Rao, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 671. f. 1-9. 1953.
- Leptonychia acuminata (Bedd.) Burrett, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 9: 727. 1926, non Mast. 1874.
- Grewia heteroclita Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2:590.1832.
- Grewia caudata Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 1: 547. 1831.
- Leptonychia moacurroides Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 114.1871; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1:379. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 112(80). 1915; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 32. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 68. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 89. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 85. 1994; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 108. 2002.
- Leptonychia caudata (Wall. ex G. Don) Burrett, Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem. 9: 727. 1926; Veldkamp & Flipphi, Blumea 32: 451. 1987; Duatta in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 435. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 66. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 100. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 42. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 33. 2002; V. Chithra in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 460. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 163. 2009.
- Leptonychia glabra Turcz., Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Moscou 31: 233; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874.
- Leptonychia heteroclita (Roxb.) Kurz, J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal 39: 67. 1870.
- Grewia acuminata Bedd., Madras J. Lit. Sci. ser. 3, 1: 38. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 379. 1874, p.p.
- Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Equisetopsida C. Agardh |
Order | Malvales Juss. |
Family | Malvaceae Juss. |
Genus | Leptonychia |
Species | Leptonychia caudata (Wall. ex G. Don) Burret |