Ventilago madraspatana Gaertn.

Species

Angiosperms > Rosales > Rhamnaceae > Ventilago

Characteristics

Shrubs scandent. Branchlets brownish, pubescent. Stipules caducous; petiole 4-7 mm; leaf blade abaxially pale green, adaxially dark green, shiny, ovate-oblong to ovate-elliptic, 7-15 × 2.5-5 cm, papery or subleathery, abaxially puberulent to glabrous, adaxially glabrous, lateral veins 4-8(-10) pairs, base subrounded, symmetric or ± asymmetric, margin obtusely dentate, rarely entire, apex long acuminate. Flowers in terminal or axillary, cymose racemes or cymose panicles, 5-15 cm. Calyx tube pubescent; sepals spreading, triangular, adaxially medially keeled. Petals obovate, equaling stamens, clawed at base, apex emarginate and minutely mucronulate. Disk fleshy, densely hairy. Ovary globose, ± completely immersed in disk, ± densely tomentose; styles cleft to half. Drupe 5-6 cm, densely pubescent; stone 6-8 mm in diam., wing oblong, 0.9-1.1 cm wide, surrounded by calyx tube at base for 2/5-1/2, apex rounded, 1-loculed, 1-seeded; fruiting pedicel ca. 3 mm. Fl. unknown, fr. Dec-Apr of following year.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature height (meter) 20.0
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Environment

Lowland forests. Low country in Sri Lanka, where it is very common in dry regions but rather rare in moist regions.
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Usage

Uses fiber gum material medicinal wood
Edible seeds
Therapeutic use Debility (unspecified), Dyspepsia (unspecified), Itch (unspecified), Tonic (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Stimulant (unspecified), Stomachic (unspecified)
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Cultivation

Can be grown by seedlings.
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Images

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Distribution

Ventilago madraspatana world distribution map, present in China

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:719143-1
WFO ID wfo-0001131511
COL ID 7FLH6
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Synonyms

Ventilago madraspatana