Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Climber
Elaeagnus conferta Roxb.
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Elaeagnus arborea var. dendroidea Schlechtend. in DC. |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta subsp. euconferta Servettaz |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta subsp. javanica (Bl.) Serv. |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta var. calcuttensis Serv. |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta var. malaccensis Serv. |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta var. septentrionalis Serv. |
synonym | Elaeagnus conferta var. silhetensis Serv. |
synonym | Elaeagnus dendroidea Schlechtend. |
synonym | Elaeagnus gaudichaudiana Schltdl. |
synonym | Elaeagnus javanica Bl. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Thorny climbers, densely covered with silvery scales; thorns axillary, straight, 1-2 cm long. Leaves to 14 x 7.5 cm, ovate, acute, glabrous above, silvery-white below; nerves 5-7 pairs, indistinct. Flowers bisexual, 3-6 in axillary fascicles, pedicelled; perianth greenish white, 1 cm long, urceolate, gamotepalous, lobes 4, ovate; stamens 4, filaments free, broadened below; anthers transverse; ovary 1-celled; inferior; ovules solitary; style filiform, stigma lateral. Fruit a nut covered with thickened perianth base, 2.6 x 1.2 cm, reddish, fleshy.
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 |
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Habit: Straggling 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Western Ghats, Deciduous to 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Semi-evergreen and 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
Indo-Malesia and China
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, 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 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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Maharashtra: Ahemdnagar, Kolhapur, Nasik, Pune, Raigad, Ratnagiri, SataraThane
Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, N. Kanara, Shimoga, S. Kanara
Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Kollam, Kozhikode, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wynad
Tamil Nadu: Coimbatore, Dindigul, Erode, Kanniyakumari, Nilgiri, Theni, Tirunelveli, Virudhunagar
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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📚 Occurrence
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📚 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=2386
Attributions | FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2386 |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY |
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📚 Information Listing
References
- Elaeagnus conferta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 460. 1820; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1246(873). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 251. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 349. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 398. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 348. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 408. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 398. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 316. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 384. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 354. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 427. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 706. 2009.
- Elaeagnus latifolia Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 180.1872, non L. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5:202.1886 p.p.
- 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=2386
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Elaeagnus conferta Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 460. 1820; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1246(873). 1925; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 251. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 349. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 398. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 348. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 408. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 398. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 316. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 384. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 354. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 427. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 706. 2009.
- Elaeagnus latifolia Bedd., Fl. Sylv. t. 180.1872, non L. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5:202.1886 p.p.
- 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=2386
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Plantae |
Phylum | Tracheophyta |
Class | Magnoliopsida |
Order | Rosales |
Family | Elaeagnaceae |
Genus | Elaeagnus |
Species | Elaeagnus conferta Roxb. |
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