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Rediscovery of Elaeocarpus gaussenii Weibel:A Little Known Endemic Tree of the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India


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1 Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram 624 302, India
 

Elaeocarpus, the largest genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae, has 350 species across the world, from Madagascar in the west to Hawaii in the east. In India, the genus is represented by 25 species and is mostly confined to the North East and southern India. They generally prefer to grow in warm and humid climate, and occur between 500 and 2000 m amsl. The fruits of most of the species of Elaeocarpus are edible and their seeds are used as beads for rosaries and bracelets.
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  • Rediscovery of Elaeocarpus gaussenii Weibel:A Little Known Endemic Tree of the Western Ghats of Tamil Nadu, India

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Authors

D. Felix Irudhyaraj
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram 624 302, India
R. Ramasubbu
Department of Biology, The Gandhigram Rural Institute – Deemed University, Gandhigram 624 302, India

Abstract


Elaeocarpus, the largest genus of the family Elaeocarpaceae, has 350 species across the world, from Madagascar in the west to Hawaii in the east. In India, the genus is represented by 25 species and is mostly confined to the North East and southern India. They generally prefer to grow in warm and humid climate, and occur between 500 and 2000 m amsl. The fruits of most of the species of Elaeocarpus are edible and their seeds are used as beads for rosaries and bracelets.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18520/cs%2Fv112%2Fi12%2F2372-2374