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Ardisia gardneri var. zeylanica
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Ardisia gardneri Clarke var. zeylanica (Clarke) Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 3: 72. 1895; N.C. Nair & Bhargavan, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 709. 1985.
Ardisia zeylanica Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 521. 1882.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves alternate, 11 x 3.5 cm, glabrous, membranous, broad-lanceolate, acute at both ends, closely toothed; primary nerves arching at some distance from the margin, the interspaces and margin with several rows of large dots; petiole 3-4 mm long. Panicle 7.5 x 5 cm, simple or very sparingly compound; primary branches bearing an umbel each, the lowermost sometimes 2; bracts at the forks not rarely leaf-like, 2.5 cm; pedicels umbelled, minutely rusty, 6 mm. Calyx 5 lobed, 3 mm, ovate-oblong. Corolla red, white, or spotted, 5-partite; segments acute, twisted to the right in bud. Stamens 5; filaments very short; anthers free, ovate-lanceolate, acute. Ovary globose, narrowed upwards; ovules few. Style cylindric, often much longer than the corolla-lobes; stigma punctiform. Berry 5 mm, globose, obscurely striated vertically; seeds solitary, globose, albumen pitted or ruminated.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist shady places near streams
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Red
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karapara estate way, Nelluyampathy forests
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