endemic to South India. Within A.P it is located in Kambakkam hills of Chittoor district of A.P at high altitudes.
Plant name: Dillenia bracteata Wight
Common names: Racemed fish bone tree (Eng.); Chiruteku, Kalla teku (Tel.)
Description: Evergreen tree. Bark greyish-brown; young shoots tomentose.
Leaves elliptic-obovate 15-45 x 5-20
cm, entire or crenate, coriaceous, glabrescent at maturity; lateral nerves
12-20 pairs. Flowers white turning
yellow, 7-9 cm across, in few flowered racemes or in clusters on old branches;
pedicels about 1cm long, silky. Stamens
numerous; anthers linear. Carpels
5, styles 5, free. Pseudocarp 2-3cm in dia., 1-2 seeded; seeds ovoid, dark
reddish-brown to black, glabrous.(flowers missing in our collection)
Thanks a lot, Lalithamba ji
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From: Lalithamba Avadhanam <alali...@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2020 at 20:56
Subject: Re: [itpmods:14135] Ideas for our future efloraofindia
To: <itp...@googlegroups.com>Submission of Dillenia bracteataendemic to South India. Within A.P it is located in Kambakkam hills of Chittoor district of A.P at high altitudes.
Plant name: Dillenia bracteata Wight
Common names: Racemed fish bone tree (Eng.); Chiruteku, Kalla teku (Tel.)
Description: Evergreen tree. Bark greyish-brown; young shoots tomentose. Leaves elliptic-obovate 15-45 x 5-20 cm, entire or crenate, coriaceous, glabrescent at maturity; lateral nerves 12-20 pairs. Flowers white turning yellow, 7-9 cm across, in few flowered racemes or in clusters on old branches; pedicels about 1cm long, silky. Stamens numerous; anthers linear. Carpels 5, styles 5, free. Pseudocarp 2-3cm in dia., 1-2 seeded; seeds ovoid, dark reddish-brown to black, glabrous.(flowers missing in our collection)
----A.Lalithamba
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