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This species is listed as vulnerable under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act (at Dec 2013)
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This species is listed as vulnerable under the Tasmanian Threatened Species Protection Act (at Dec 2013). The white corolla is only present on the younger and lower two flowers. The upper flowers have shed their seed.
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Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Common in dry deciduous forests in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia and China.5-8m tll deciduous trees. Stem bark ash colored, smooth.Leaves 5-8x3-5cm orbicular-ovate, coriaceous, base attenuate, entire, 3 nerves prominenet.Flowers 2-2.5 cm long, 5-8mm across, greenish yellow or greenish white,in short axillary cymes. Berries 3-5 cm across, pericarp thick, hard,orrange when ripe,pulp white, seeds 2 ashy-grey, compressed.Stem bark is used as fish poison, seeds are used in ulcers, dysentry and fevers. Fruit is poisonous.Photographed at Eastern ghats of Nellore district.Ref: Flora of Presidency of Madras, by J.S.Gamble.
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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New South Wales, Australia
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New South Wales, Australia
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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Family: LoganiaceaeDistribution: Found in the forests of foot hills of Peninsular India and Sri Lanka.4-6m deciduous trees. Bark blackish-brown, deeply cracked; Leaves opposite, elliptic, acute, coriaceous, 4-6x2-3.5cm, nerves about 4 pairs, second pair of nerves joining to the mid rib ; Flowers creamy white, 4-6mm across, in 3-5cm long axillary cymes. Calyx5, corolla tube and lobes equal , throat with wooly tomentum, stamens 5 adnate to the corolla tube, filaments short, ovary 2 celled, stigma bifid, Fruit a globose berry with 2 seeds. Photographed at Velugonda hills of Eastern ghats. Vernacular name-Telugu- ChillaRef: Flora of Presidency of Madras -J.S.Gamble.
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia
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Powranna, Tasmania, Australia
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Powranna, Tasmania, Australia
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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Washington, District of Columbia, United States
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