{"id":1447684,"date":"2021-07-22T16:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T10:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/?p=1447684"},"modified":"2024-12-23T16:12:39","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T10:42:39","slug":"myristica-andamanica","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/efi\/myristica-andamanica\/","title":{"rendered":"Myristica andamanica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Myristica andamanica\u00a0<\/i>Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 5: 103 1886<\/cite>. (syn: Palala andamanica<\/em>\u00a0(Hook.f.) Kuntze<\/a>);
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\nAndaman and Nicobar Islands<\/span> as per POWO<\/a>;
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Hook. f.\u00a0<\/em>; glabrous, leaves petioled membranous elliptic-oblong subacute not glaucous beneath, nerves 12-15 pair very slender, male flowers in sessile or peduncled clusters on the branches very shortly pedicelled, bracteole large, perianth globose 3-lobed, staminal column oblong obtuse<\/span>. ? M. elliptica, Kurz For. Fl. ii. 282 (not of Wall.).<\/p>\n

ANDAMAN ISLANDS ; Herb. Hort. Bot. Calcutta.<\/p>\n

Branches slender, quite glabrous, youngest shoots rustily hoary. Leaves almost membranous, 3-4 in. diam., pale brown when dry on both surfaces, base acute, nerves spreading ; petiole 3\/4-1.1\/4 in., slender. Clusters of flowers sessile or on a thick 3-6 fld. peduncle 1\/4-1\/2 in. long ; pedicel 1\/8 in., stout, rather scurfy ; perianth quite glabrous and smooth, 1\/8-1\/6 in. diam.<\/span>\u2014Apparently a very distinct species, but approaches M. malabarica<\/em>.<\/p>\n

(Attributions- IBIS Flora<\/a> (Flora of British India))
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\nMyristica andamanica Hook.f. (Myristicaceae)<\/a>: 2 images.<\/p>\n

These images of Myristica andamanica<\/em>, endemic to the Andaman Islands,<\/span> were sent by Mr. Bishnu Dey.<\/div>\n
These are common shrubs in the edges of inland forests.<\/span><\/p>\n
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References: POWO<\/a> \u00a0Catalogue of Life<\/a>\u00a0 The Plant List Ver.1.1<\/a> \u00a0IPNI<\/a>\u00a0 GBIF<\/a> (High resolution specimens) High resolution specimen 1<\/a>\u00a0 High resolution specimen 2<\/a> \u00a0India Biodiversity Portal<\/a> \u00a0IBIS Flora<\/a> (Flora of British India) Wikipedia<\/a> \u00a0Plant illustrations<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Myristica andamanica\u00a0Hook. fil., Fl. Brit. India 5: 103 1886. (syn: Palala andamanica\u00a0(Hook.f.) Kuntze); . Andaman and Nicobar Islands as per POWO; . Hook. f.\u00a0; glabrous, leaves petioled membranous elliptic-oblong subacute not glaucous beneath, nerves 12-15 pair very slender, male flowers in sessile or peduncled clusters on the branches very shortly…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[7092],"ht-kb-tag":[],"class_list":["post-1447684","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-myristica"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1447684","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ht_kb"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1447684"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb\/1447684\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1447684"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-category?post=1447684"},{"taxonomy":"ht_kb_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/efloraofindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ht-kb-tag?post=1447684"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}