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Gandu marali PRODUCT NAME

Schefflera capitata Harms = Brassaia capitata C. B. Clarke Paratropia capitata W. & A. SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Gandu marali
Local Name: Gandu marali (Irula + Kurumba
Family: Araliaceae
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Product Description: A large tree. Flower: In stout axillary or terminals panicles. Fruit: A globose drupe, 5-6 angled. Seeds laterally compressed. Tree bears lenticels on the branches. Leaflets 6-8. Sheathing base continues above the insertion for half inch as a triangular intrapetiolar stipule covering the axillary bud.
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Countries Found: India
Description: Hills 600-1400m often by forest borders

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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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