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Myristica malabarica

Synonyms: Myristica dactyloides (heterotypic); Myristica notha; Myristica tomentosa (heterotypic); Palala malabarica (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Myristica malabarica is a species of plant in the Myristicaceae family. It is endemic to India. It is threatened by habitat loss. It is counted in the list of vulnerable species. It is up to 25 m long and its bark is greenish black, smooth and sometimes reddish. Names in local language: Kattujathi (literally wild nutmeg), Kattujathikka, Kottappannu, Panampalka, Pathiripoovu, Ponnampannu, Ponnampayin, and Ponnampu in Malayalam; Kanage, and Doddajajikai in Kannada; Rampatri in Hindi.
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Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Myristica malabarica

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♦ 1IDENTIFYING DIURNAL AND NOCTURNAL FRUGIVORES IN THE TERRESTRIAL AND ARBOREAL LAYERS OF A TROPICAL RAIN FOREST IN SRI LANKA, Palitha Jayasekara, Udayani Rose Weerasinghe, Siril Wijesundara & Seiki Takatsuki, ECOTROPICA 13: 7–15, 2007
♦ 2Food Selection by the South Indian Leaf-Monkey, Presbytis johnii, in Relation to Leaf Chemistry, John F, Oates, Peter G. Waterman and Gillian M. Choo, Oecologia (Berl.) 45, 45-56 (1980)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0