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Neemuthi kodi PRODUCT NAME

Celastrus paniculatus ssp. Aggregatus K.T.Mathew SCIENTIFIC NAME

Common Name: Neemuthi kodi
Local Name: Neemuthi kodi (Irula + Kurumba).
Family: Celastraceae
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Product Description: An unarmed straggler Flower: On lateral shoots in panicles, c ream colored. Fruit: A capsule. Seeds 1-6, broadly ellipsoid brownish enclosed in a fleshy deep orange aril Terminal branches aggregate into massive clusters. Fruit dehisce by March. Tuber edible in most parts of India
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Countries Found: India
Description: 1700 – 2200m, along shola borders on trees. Common on high altitude replacement of var. paniculatus

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Partners: Keystone Foundation

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