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Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.

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Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymAquilicia ottilis Gaertn.
synonymAquilicia sambucina L.
synonymLeea acuminata Herb. Kew. ex C. B. Clarke
synonymLeea aequata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
synonymLeea arborea Sieber ex Miq.
synonymLeea biserrata Miq.
synonymLeea callosa Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymLeea celebica C. B. Clarke
synonymLeea coccinea Boj.
synonymLeea divaricata T. & B.
synonymLeea expansa Craib
synonymLeea fuliginosa Miq.
synonymLeea gigantea Griff.
synonymLeea gracilis Lauterb.
synonymLeea heterophylla Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymLeea naumannii Engl.
synonymLeea novo-guineensis Valeton
synonymLeea ottilis DC.
synonymLeea palembanica Miq.
synonymLeea pubescens Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymLeea ramosii Merrill
synonymLeea robusta Bl.
synonymLeea roehrsiana Sander
synonymLeea sambucifolia Salisb.
synonymLeea sambucina (L.) Willd.
synonymLeea simplex Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymLeea speciosa Sieber ex Miq.
synonymLeea staphylea Roxb.
synonymLeea striata Zipp. ex Miq.
synonymLeea sumatrana Miq.
synonymLeea sundaica Miq.
synonymLeea umbraculifera C. B. Clarke
synonymLeea viridiflora Planch.
synonymOtillis zeylanica Gaertn.
🗒 Common Names
Assamese
  • Ahina
  • Kukura-thengia
English
  • Bandicoot Berry
Malayalam
  • Chorianthali
  • Erattayani
  • Kudanjazhuku
  • Maniperandi
  • Manipiranta
  • Maniporandi
  • Njakku
  • Njallu
  • Njazhuku
  • Nyeru
Other
  • Bandicoot Berry
  • Chorianthali
  • Erattayani
  • Otthanaalam
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
Common undergrowth in secondary and disturbed evergreen forests.
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 
ayyappan Narayanan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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References 
    Shrub
    Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
    Contributors 
    Status UNDER_CREATION
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      Brief
      Flowering class: Dicot Habit: Shrub to Small Tree
      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
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        Diagnostic Keys
        Description
        Shrubs to small trees. Leaves 2 or 3-pinnate, leaflets 11-14 x 3-5 cm, oblong or elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, serrate-dentate; lateral nerves 12-15 pairs, intercostae parallel, curved; stipules obovate-obtuse, to 5 x 4 cm. Young leaves bright-red. Cymes to 6 x 8 cm, peduncles 3-4 cm long, paired, axillary. Flowers greenish-white. Staminal tube shortly lobed at apex, anthers combined. Berry purple, ca. 6 mm across; seeds densely red-glandular.
        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
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          Habit

          Large shrubs or small trees, up to 5 m tall.

          Trunk & Bark

          Stems several to single, often with stilt roots.

          Branches and Branchlets

          Young branchlets angled, glabrescent.

          Leaves

          Leaves compound, bipinnate to tripinnate, alternate, spiral; rachis 10-20 cm, long; petiolules 0.5-2.5 cm; stipules purple, sheathing, obovate-oblong, glabrous; leaflets 6-21 x 3.5-7.5 cm, ovate to lanceolate, apex acuminate to caudate, base acute to rounded, margin serrate to dentate, glabrous, chartaceous, drying brown; midrib raised above; secondary nerves 7-12 pairs; tertiary nerves reticulo-percurrent.

          Inflorescence / Flower

          Inflorescence corymbose cymes; calyx green, petals cream.

          Fruit and Seed

          Berry, depressed, globose, ca.0.7 cm across, purple black; seeds 4-6.

          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
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          References 
            Habit: Shrub
            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 
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              📚 Natural History
              Cyclicity
              Flowering and fruiting: March-August
              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
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                Morphology

                Growth Form

                Tree
                Tree
                Ecology
                Common undergrowth in secondary and disturbed evergreen forests.
                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
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                References 
                  Miscellaneous Details
                  Notes: Western Ghats & Eastern Ghats, Moist Deciduous 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
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                    📚 Habitat and Distribution
                    General Habitat
                    Degraded semi-evergreen and evergreen forests, also in the plains
                    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
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                      Forests, shrub jungles, hillsides
                      Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                      Contributors 
                      Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        Description
                        Maharashtra: Common throughout Kerala: All districts Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Kanniyakumari, Madurai, Namakkal, Nilgiri, Salem, Theni, Tiruchchirappalli, 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
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                          Indomalaysia, Indochina, Australia and Pacific Islands; in the Western Ghats- through out.
                          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
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                            Global Distribution

                            Indo-Malesia, China and Australia

                            Indian distribution

                            State - Kerala, District/s: All Districts

                            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 
                              Global Distribution

                              India: Throughout

                              Indian Distribution

                              Throughout Assam

                              Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Attributions Dr. Chandra Barooah & Iftikher Ahmed (2014) Assam Science Technology and Environment Council.
                              Contributors 
                              Status UNDER_CREATION
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                                📚 Occurrence
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                                📚 Uses and Management
                                Uses

                                System of Medicines Used In

                                Ayurveda
                                Ayurveda
                                Folk medicine
                                Folk medicine
                                Siddha
                                Siddha
                                Medicinal
                                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
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                                  System Of Medicines Used In

                                  Ayurveda, Folk medicine, Siddha

                                  FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1297
                                  Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=1297
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                                    📚 Information Listing
                                    References
                                    1. Leea sambucina (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1177. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 666. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(172). 1918.
                                    2. Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 14. 245. 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 70. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 122. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 106. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 109. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 137. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 127. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 122. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 74. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 73. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 157. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 337. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 72. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 170. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 137. 2005; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 767. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 182. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 238. 2009.
                                    3. Staphylea indica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 75,t.23. f.2. 1768.
                                    1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983 , Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                    1. 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=1297
                                    Information Listing > References
                                    1. Leea sambucina (L.) Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 1177. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 666. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 240(172). 1918.
                                    2. Leea indica (Burm. f.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 14. 245. 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 70. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 122. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 106. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 61. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 107. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 109. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 137. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 127. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 122. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 74. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 114. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 73. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 157. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 75. 1998; B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 337. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 72. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 170. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 137. 2005; W. Arisdason et al. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 767. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 182. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 238. 2009.
                                    3. Staphylea indica Burm. f., Fl. Ind. 75,t.23. f.2. 1768.
                                    4. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. I, 1983; Matthew, 1983 , Flora of Kolhapur District, Yadav S. R & Sardesai M. M, 2002, Biodiversity Documentation for Kerala Part 6: Flowering Plants, N. Sasidharan, 2004, Flora of Maharastra State Dicotyledones, Vol I, Lakshminarasimhan P. & Prasanna P. V, 2000
                                    5. 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=1297

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                                    📚 Meta data
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                                    🐾 Taxonomy
                                    RootRoot
                                    KingdomPlantae
                                    PhylumTracheophyta
                                    ClassMagnoliopsida
                                    OrderVitales
                                    FamilyVitaceae
                                    GenusLeea
                                    SpeciesLeea indica (Burm. f.) Merr.
                                    📊 Temporal Distribution
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