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Orophea thomsonii

Orophea thomsonii
Photo: madhavan a.p, CC BY 4.0
Family
Annonaceae (Annon family)
Grows as
Tree, Shrub
Native range
India (Tamil Nadu)
Climate
wet tropical

About

Orophea thomsonii or Thomson's Turret Flower is a species of shrub or small tree in the Annonaceae family. It is native to Kerala and Tamil Nadu in India and endemic to the Western Ghats mountain range.

Where it grows

The species is found along the Western Ghats in Kerala and Tamil Nadu, from Palakkad and Nilgiris District and further south in the Anamalai and Agasthyamalai Hills. It occurs in mid-elevation tropical wet evergreen forests between 250 and 1250 m above mean sea level.

Uses

The plant is known to have medicinal uses among the indigenous people in Kalakad-Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve.

Other Orophea plants

Orophea creaghii · Orophea cumingiana · Orophea hastata · Orophea leuseri · Orophea malayana · Orophea sarawakensis · Orophea uniflora · Orophea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Orophea thomsonii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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