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    Aegle marmelos

    Aegle marmelos (L.) Correa (RUTACEAE) Common namesSanskrit: Bilva.Kannada: Bilva patre.Tamil: Vilvam.Telugu: Marendu, Bilvapandu. Description: Armed deciduous trees, up to 12 m tall with axillary spines. Leaves alternate, pinnately 3-foliolate; leaf rachis up to 6 cm long; leaflets elliptic, terminal ones ca 13×6.5 cm, the laterals ca 7 x 4 cm, oblique at base, obtusely acuminate…

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    Adenanthera pavonina

    Adenanthera pavonina L. (MIMOSACEAE) Common namesKannada: Mara manjetti, Dodda gulaganji.Malayalam: Manchadi.Tamil: Ani kundamaniTelugu: Bandi gurivenda. Description: Towering deciduous trees reaching heights of 15-20 meters, characterized by their grey bark. Leaves bipinnate, opposite, 20-30 cm long; petioles 5-10 cm long; pinnae 3-6 pairs; leaflets 4-8 pairs, alternate, elliptic oblong, 2.5 – 4 x 0.8 – 2.0…

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    Actinodaphne malabarica Balakr

    Actinodaphne malabarica Balakr. (LAURACEAE) Common namesKannada: Kaadu sampige Description: Large trees, up to 20 m tall. Leaves elliptic-lanceolate, up to 21 x 6.5 cm, cuneate at base, acuminate at apex, fulvous pubescent beneath. Inflorescence of subracemose umbels. Flowers unisexual. Perianth 6-lobed, yellow; lobes ovate or oblong. There are 9 stamens arranged in 3 whorls. The…

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    Acronychia pedunculata

    Acronychia pedunculata (L.) Miq. (RUTACEAE) Common NamesTamil: MuttanariMalayalam: Vidu kaneli Description: Small evergreen trees, up to 8 m tall; bark grey, glossy, smooth or lenticellate. Leaves opposite, 1- foliolate, 6.5 – 21 cm long; petioles 1-3 cm long, horizontally grooved above, swollen at both ends; leaflet blade elliptic-obovate or elliptic-oblong, up to 19 x 9…

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  • Abrus Precatorius
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    Abrus Precatorius

    Abrus Precatorius L. (PAPILIONACEAE) Common namesKannada: Gulagangi.Malayalam: Kunni.Tamil: Kuntumani.Telugu: Guriginga. Distribution: Perennial climbing shrubs. Leaves abruptly pinnate; rachis up to 11 cm long; leaflets 10-20 pairs, opposite, oblong, up to 2.5 x 0.8 cm, rounded at base, minutely apiculate, glabrous above, slightly hairy beneath; petiolules very short; stipules 0. Flowers in racemes; bract and bacteoles…

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  • Aglaia elaeagnoidea
    Aglaia elaeagnoidea

    Aglaia elaeagnoidea (A. Juss.) Benth. (MELIACEAE) Common namesKannada: Thottalu.Tamil: Chokkala. Description: Trees reaching heights of up to 15 meters; young sections, inflorescence, and calyx adorned with brown lepidote scales. Leaves imparipinnate, up to 25 cm long; leaflets 3-7, opposite, elliptic to oblanceolate, up to 17 x 6 cm, base unequal, acute or cuneate, apex obtusely…

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