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Madhuca neriifolia (Moon) H.J.Lam, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg III, 7: 183 1925. (syn: Bassia malabarica Bedd.; Bassia neriifolia Moon; Dasyaulis malabaricus (Bedd.) Pierre ex Dubard; Dasyaulus neriifolius (Moon) Thwaites; Illipe malabarica (Bedd.) Engl.; Illipe malabaricus (Bedd.) Pierre ex Dubard; Illipe neriifolia (Moon) Engl.; Madhuca malabarica (Bedd.) R.Parker; Vidoricum malabaricum (Bedd.) Kuntze; Vidoricum neriifolium (Moon) Kuntze);
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Vernacular names : Tamil: Atta illuppei Malayalam: Attuillupei, Neeririppa, Wallangi, Eluppa, Kattiluppa, Attilippa Kannada: Ulinannil
. Habit- Small trees ca. 10 m tall. Trunk\bark- Bark dark brown, irregularly scaly; blaze pinkish.
Branchlets- Branchlets terete, tomentose when young, later glabrous.
Exudates- Latex milky white, profuse.
Leaves- Leaves simple, alternate, spiral; stipules in pairs, lateral, caducous and leaving scar; petiole 0.6-2 cm long, planoconvex in cross section, glabrous; lamina 7-25 x 2.5-6.5 cm, usually oblanceolate to narrow-obovate, sometimes narrow oblong, apex rounde
Flowers- Flowers yellowish-white, in axillary fascicles; pedicels ca. 0.8 cm long.
Fruit& seed- Berry, fleshy, ellipsoid, beaked; seed one, brown.
Common along streams and rivers up to 1200 m.
India and Sri Lanka; in the Western Ghats- South and Central Sahyadris.
(Attributions- B. R. Ramesh, N. Ayyappan, Pierre Grard, Juliana Prosperi, S. Aravajy, Jean Pierre Pascal, The Biotik Team, French Institute of Pondicherry.
This rare species turned up in only four localities in Kalutara and Ratnapura during the comprehensive forest surveys conducted for the recent National Conservation Review.
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ANDEC89 Madhuca neriifolia (please validate) : 6 posts by 5 authors. Attachments (7)
Hebri, Karnataka Never seen, not reported from our area.. thanks …, hope the id gets validated.. Any gross feature which distinguishes this from other Madhuca sp.
Any meaning pertaining to flower? .
Hebri :: Madhuca neriifolia FOR VALIDATION :: DVJAN33 : 1 post by 1 author. 4 images. Date: 27 DEC 2014 … Altitude: about 80 m asl
Aspects of this plant are better illustrated by … in his post ANDEC89 Madhuca neriifolia (please validate).
Madhuca ¿ neriifolia ? … (family: Sapotaceae) .
ANJAN35/35 Madhuca neriifolia : 1 post by 1 author. Attachments (7)
Family: Sapotaceae .  I’d pls: ernakulam kerala 211021JB2: 1 image. Segregating post clubbed due to same subject from …: I’d pls location ernakulam kerala Madhuca sp. resembles M. longifolia I concur with … It is seen in Mysore in many places Can it be Madhuca diplostemon (C.B.Clarke) P.Royen ? Madhuca neriifolia, but I think M neriifolia and M malabarica represents two different entities. Madhuca neriifolia is a Sri Lankan endemic and M malabarica is a south indian endemic. Now M malabarica is considered as a synonym of M neriifolia. .
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