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Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson, Fl. Ind. 1: 107 1855. (Syn: Atrategia thomsonii Bedd. ex Hook.f.; Polyalthia cardiopetala Dalzell (Unresolved); Polyalthia wynaadensis Bedd. ex Talbot (Unresolved));
Common name: Ghat Goniothalamus
Shrubs or small trees, 3-5 m tall; young branches puberulous. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate or oblanceolate, cuneate at base, abruptly acuminate at apex, slightly undulate along margins, 10-23 x 2.5-7.5 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, brownish beneath; lateral nerves 8-15 pairs, prominently raised beneath, looping near margins; petioles 5-10 mm long, glabrous. Flowers solitary or a few in superposed clusters, axillary; pedicels 5-10 mm long, pubescent when young; bracts minute at the base of pedicels. Sepals 3, almost orbicular, connate upto middle, free at tips, ca 6 mm across, brownish pubescent. Petals 6 outer 3 cucullate, oblong-ovate, clawed at base, acute at apex, 10-15 x 4-6 mm, brown tomentose; inner ones triangular, united into a mitriform column, 6-9 x 5 mm. Stamens many, ca 2 mm long; connectives capitate at apex. Carpels many, linear-oblong, ca 3 mm long, brown-pubescent, 1-ovuled; styles 2-3 mm long, bifid, elongate, curved; stigma bilobed. Fruitlets ellipsoid, ca 1.5 x 0.7 cm; seed 1. Flowering and fruiting: April-August
Evergreen forests
Southern Western Ghats
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Goniothalamus cardiopetalus in Uttara Kannada :: DVMAR06 : 6 posts by 4 authors. 3 images.
Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson
at Yana Rocks on 15 DEC 12
Very nice pictures of an endemic species: G. cardiopetalus
Dilleniaceae, Magnoliaceae and Annonaceae Fortnight :: Annonaceae » Goniothalamus cardiopetalus at Yana :: PKA-March-12::: : 2 posts by 2 authors. Attachments (7).
This one is a small tree / Shrub found in the forest cover of Yana, Karnataka.
Bot. name: Goniothalamus cardiopetalus Family: Annonaceae Beautiful photographs …
Annonaceae of central WG (Goa, Karnataka) – 2. Goniothalamus cardiopetalus : Attachments (3). 4 posts by 4 authors. Nice set of photographs. I remember spotting this plant at Yana near Vibhuti falls while i was trekking from Kadra to Yana..
Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson SN Aug 55 : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (2).
Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson, wild shrub from Coorg area of Karnataka
ANJAN01/01 Annona(?) sp. for identification : Attachments (11).
Family: Annonaceae
Place: Hebri, Karnataka Date: 27th December 2014 Habit: Short tree Identified as: Goniothalamus sp. and probably G. cardiopetalus by … I too think this to be Goniothalamus cardiopetalus.. Nice catch..
Hebri :: Goniothalamus cardiopetalus :: DVJAN35 : 3 posts by 2 authors. 6 images. Sita Nadi Nature Camp (part of Someshwara Wildlife Sanctuary) … Dakshina Kannada, Karnataka
Date: 27 DEC 2014 … Altitude: about 80 m asl
Goniothalamus cardiopetalus (Dalzell) Hook.f. & Thomson … (family: Annonaceae)
Interesting Annonaceae from Karnataka state
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