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Pisonia aculeata L.

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Pisonia aculeata L.
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🗒 Synonyms
synonymPallavia aculeata (L.) Vell.
synonymPisonia yagua-pinda D.Parodi
🗒 Common Names
Irula
  • Ottu chedi
Malayalam
  • Karindhu
  • Kodimullaram
Other
  • Karindu
  • Murukkaali
  • Muruvilikkodi
Tamil
  • Kodi kuttippadatthi
  • Marukalli
  • Selamaranjaan
📚 Overview
Overview
Summary
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 
D. Narasimhan
Status UNDER_CREATION
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References 
    Diagnostic Keys
    Description
    Armed shrubs or small trees, spines axillary, recurved, branchlets adpressed, pubescent. Leaves opposite and alternate, to 8 x 4 cm, ovate, obtuse, base cuneate, chartaceous; petiole to 2 cm. Umbels axillary; peduncles to 2 cm, pubescent; bracteoles 1 mm, ovate, pubescent; perianth 4 mm across, funnel shaped, 10-lobed, alternately long and short; stamens 4-5-8, filaments 5 mm; ovary 0.5 mm, seated on a disc, 1-celled, one ovuled.
    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: Climbing 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 
      Status UNDER_CREATION
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      References 
        Habit: An armed scandent shrub, upto 6m.
        Keystone Foundation
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        Contributors 
        Status UNDER_CREATION
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          No Data
          📚 Natural History
          Cyclicity
          Flowering and fruiting: March-April
          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 
            Morphology
            Flower

            In axillary aggregated, stalked umbels; greenish-creamy. Flowering from January-May.

            Fruit

            A oblong anthocarp, 5-angled, with 5-rows of 2-seriate, stipitate, visid glands. Fruiting February onwards.

            Field tips

            Branchlets with axillary prickles. Anthocarp with viscid glands.

            Leaf Arrangement

            Opposite

            Leaf Type

            Simple

            Leaf Shape

            Elliptic-ovate

            Leaf Apex

            Acute

            Leaf Base

            Rounded-acute

            Leaf Margin

            Entire

            Keystone Foundation
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            Contributors 
            Status UNDER_CREATION
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            References 
              Miscellaneous Details
              Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous
              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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                No Data
                📚 Habitat and Distribution
                General Habitat
                Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous 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
                  Maharashtra: Konkan Karnataka: Mysore, N. Kanara Kerala: Idukki, Kannur, Palakkad, Thrissur Tamil Nadu: All districts
                  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 
                    Found along the forest paths, stream banks and scrub jungles from plains to 800m. Rare. Tropical America, Africa, Madagascar, to India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Indo-China and Malesia
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                    References 
                      Global Distribution

                      Pantropics

                      Indian distribution

                      State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, 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
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                      References 
                        No Data
                        📚 Occurrence
                        No Data
                        📚 Uses and Management
                        Uses

                        System of Medicines Used In

                        Folk medicine
                        Folk medicine
                        Siddha
                        Siddha
                        System Of Medicines Used In

                        Folk medicine, Siddha

                        FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2559
                        Attributions FRLHT's ENVIS Centre on Medicinal Plants: http://envis.frlht.org/plant_details.php?disp_id=2559
                        Contributors 
                        Status UNDER_CREATION
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                        References 
                          Root extracts have been used in herbal medicine and extracts from leaves and bark are used to treat arthritis.
                          Keystone Foundation
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                          Contributors 
                          Status UNDER_CREATION
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                          References 
                            Folklore
                            Indigenous Information: During the cereal harvest the prickly branches are used to separate grains and husk.
                            Keystone Foundation
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                            Contributors 
                            Status UNDER_CREATION
                            Licenses CC_BY
                            References 
                              No Data
                              📚 Information Listing
                              References
                              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=2559
                              1. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                              1. Pisonia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 1026. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 711. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1163(815). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 374. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 366. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 256. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 252. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 666. 2009.
                              Information Listing > References
                              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=2559
                              2. Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
                              3. Pisonia aculeata L., Sp. Pl. 1026. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 711. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1163(815). 1925; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 374. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 366. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 256. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 252. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 666. 2009.

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                              📚 Meta data
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                              🐾 Taxonomy
                              RootRoot
                              KingdomPlantae
                              PhylumTracheophyta
                              ClassEquisetopsida C. Agardh
                              OrderCaryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
                              FamilyNyctaginaceae
                              GenusPisonia
                              SpeciesPisonia aculeata L.
                              📊 Temporal Distribution
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