Generally common along margin of medium and high altitude evergreen forests between 700 and 2300 m.
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Monocera munronii Wt. |
🗒 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. |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
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 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Trees, to 20 m high, bark dark grey, smooth; branchlets sympodial, slender. Leaves simple, alternate, clustered to the tip of branchlets; stipules free, lateral, cauducous; petiole 25-50 mm, very slender, glabrous, slightly swollen at tip and base; lamina 4-10 x 1.7-5 cm, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, base round or obtuse, apex acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin crenate or serrate, revolute, glabrous, chartaceous, nerve axils glandular beneath; lateral nerves 3-6 pairs, pinnate, prominent, intercostae reticulate, slender, prominent. Flowers bisexual, white, in short drooping axillary racemes; sepals 5, 8 mm long, lanceolate, thinly tomentose; petals 5, white with reddish lines at base, ovate-lanceolate, laciniate, densely silky on both sides, inserted round the base of glandular disc; stamens numerous, inserted between the glands on the disc; anthers awned with long bristle; ovary densely superior, silky hairy, placed on the torus, 2-celled, ovules 2 in each cell; style subulate, entire. Fruit a drupe, blue, oblong, terete, glabrous, glaucous; stone 1-2 seeded.
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 |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
Swollen petiole
Fruit insertion
Leaf lower side
Fruiting branch
Petiole and leaf insertion
Fruit insertion
Leaf upper side
Habit
Trees up to 15 m tall.
Trunk & Bark
Bark greyish, smooth; blaze cream.
Branches and Branchlets
Branches with architecture of “ Aubreville model ”; branchlets terete with scars of fallen leaves.
Leaves
Leaves simple, alternate, spiral, clustered at twig ends; stipules lanceolate, 0.3 cm long, caducous; petiole 1.8-4.5 cm long, slender, terete, swollen at both ends, glabrous; lamina 4.5-9 x 2-4.5 cm, ovate to narrow ovate, apex bluntly long acuminate, base rounded or subtruncate, margin crenate, subcoriaceous, glabrous; midrib flat above; secondary nerves 4-7 pairs, branched with domatia in the axils beneath; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent; higher order nerves strongly reticulate.
Inflorescence / Flower
Flowers axillary in racemes, white.
Fruit and Seed
Drupe, elliptic to 2 cm long, smooth, seeds 1.
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 |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Ecology
Generally common along margin of medium and high altitude evergreen forests between 700 and 2300 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 |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Terrestrial
Evergreen and shola 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
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Shimoga
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam,Malappuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Theni, 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 |
Global Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, 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 |
Endemic to the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
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 |
Endemic Distribution
Southern Western Ghats
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 |
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📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Lower Risk/Near Threatened
Near Threatened
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 |
No Data
📚 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=7222
| Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=7222 |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Monocera munroii Wight, Illustr. 1: 83. 1840 & Ic. t. 952. 1845.
- Elaeocarpus munronii (Wight) Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 407. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 124(88). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 73. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 35. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 96. 1990; S.K. Murti in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 546. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 93. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 41. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 120. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 102. 2005; M. Reema et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 500. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 173. 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=7222
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Gamble, 1957,Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
Information Listing > References
- Monocera munroii Wight, Illustr. 1: 83. 1840 & Ic. t. 952. 1845.
- Elaeocarpus munronii (Wight) Mast. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 407. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 124(88). 1915; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 98. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 73. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 35. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 96. 1990; S.K. Murti in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 546. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 93. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 41. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 120. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 102. 2005; M. Reema et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 500. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 173. 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=7222
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Gamble, 1957,Flora of Karnataka, Sharma B.D, 1984
CEPF Western Ghats Special Series Ecology, distribution and population status of Elaeocarpus venustus Bedd. (Oxalidales: Elaeocarpaceae), a threatened tree species from Agasthiyamalai Biosphere Reserve, southern Western Ghats, India
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Oxalidales |
| Family | Elaeocarpaceae |
| Genus | Elaeocarpus |
| Species | Elaeocarpus munronii (Wl.) Masters |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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