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Ardisia solanacea
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Ardisia solanacea Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 27. 1795 & Fl. Ind. 1:580.1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 756(531).1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 262. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 229. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 263. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 259. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 390. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 177. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 491. 2009.
Ardisia humilis sensu Wight, Ic.t.1212. 1848, non Vahl 1794; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 529. 1882.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuzhimundan, Molakka
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high; bark brown, smooth. Leaves simple, alternate, 10-18 x 4-6 cm, obovate, elliptic-obovate or oblanceolate, apex acuminate or acute, base cuneate, margin entire or obscurely crenate, glabrous, glaucous beneath, coriaceous, gland-dotted; petiole to 10 mm long, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 9-20 pairs, parallel, slender, obscure, secondary laterals faint, intercostae obscure. Flowers bisexual, 1.3 cm across, bright pink, in axillary or lateral umbels; peduncle 5-(12) cm long; bracts 1.5-2 mm long, concave, deciduous. Calyx lobes 5, 3 x 1.5 mm, concave, ovate, obtuse, ciliate, persistent, leathery, twisted to right. Corolla 2.5 cm across; lobes 5, twisted to right, in bud, 10 x 7 mm, ovate, coriaceous, punctuate. Stamens 5, connivent around style, exserted; filaments short; anthers sagitate, 7 mm. Ovary superior, globose 3 x 2 mm, 1-celled; ovules many; style elongate, as long as the corolla lobes; stigma terminal. Fruit a berry 8 mm across, globose, bright red.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and West China
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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, Rose
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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:
Padippara, Ontangadi, Chandanathode, Tolpetty, on way to Kannoth, Bhavani river bank, Karivara slopes, Muthikulam forests, Pattakarimb
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