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Antistrophe serratifolia
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Antistrophe serratifolia (Bedd.) Hook.f. in Benth. & Hook.f., Gen. Pl. 2: 647. 1876; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 532. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 756(532). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 165. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 262. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24.1996.
Ardisia serratifolia Bedd., Ic. t. 113. 1868-1874.
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Description:
Shrubs, young branches rusty-villous. Leaves alternate, to 15-8 x 3-5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate; lateral nerves 15-20 pairs prominent, looped near the margin, margins serrate-dentate; petioles 3-6 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or in subumbels, bracteate; pedicels 4-5 mm long, slender.Calyx deeply lobed, lobes acuminate. Corolla deeply lobed, lobes lanceolate, acuminate, gland dotted, pink. Stamens 5, inserted on the throat of the corolla, filaments short, connective elongated in to a membraneous wing. Ovary ovoid; ovules many, embed on the placentum, style filiform. Fruit a berry globose, shining, crimson red; seed 1.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-October
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Pink
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
700-1400
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Localities:
Silent Valley R. F., Aruvanpara, Pooyamkutty, Meenmutty, Athirumala
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