Alphonsea lutea
Species of flowering plant
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Alphonsea lutea is a species of flowering plant in the Annonaceae family. It is a shrub or tree native to southern and eastern India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, and Sri Lanka.[2][3] It is known by several local names, including Pulusu mamidi in Telugu and തുട്ട in Malayalam.[4] It grows in tropical moist lowland forests.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Magnoliids |
| Order: | Magnoliales |
| Family: | Annonaceae |
| Genus: | Alphonsea |
| Species: | A. lutea |
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The species was first described as Uvaria lutea by William Roxburgh in 1795. In 1855 Joseph Dalton Hooker and Thomas Thomson placed the species in genus Alphonsea as A. lutea.[2]
Description
Alphonsea lutea is small tree up to 6 meters tall. Leaves are simple and alternate. The flowers are in axillary peduncles, and the fruit consists of aggregated subglobose berries, typically containing more than two seeds.[5] It flowers from March to October.
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