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Ardisia sonchifolia
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Ardisia sonchifolia Mez in Engl., Pflanzenreich Myrsinac. 116. 1902; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 755(531). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 259. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 222. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 177. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 405. 2002.
Ardisia villosa Roxb. var. obtusa Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 525. 1882.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets gland-dotted. Leaves 10-22 x 4-6 cm, oblanceolate, acute to acuminate at apex, attenuate and auricled at base, entire; nerves ca. 16 pairs, strongly punctuate along the margins; petiole 5 mm long. Umbels terminal, 5 x 5 cm, tomentose, peduncled; pedicels 5-6 mm long, rusty-tomentose. Flowers 5-15 in an umbel, pale pink; sepals 3 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, hairy; corolla lobes 4 mm long, ovate, acute, punctate; anthers acute. Berry 6-7 mm across, pink, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, often in marshy areas
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
White
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
-1100
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Localities:
Sholayar, Chokkampetti, Vellimala, Valiyathode, Munnar, Nelluyampathy forests, Chemungi
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