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Callicarpa tomentosa
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Callicarpa tomentosa (L.) L. in Murr., Syst. Veg. (ed. 13) 130. 1774; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 227. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 311. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 291. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 314. 1989; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 213. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 353. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 604. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 364. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 357. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 279. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 351. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 241. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 529. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 309. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 240. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 521. 2002; Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 53. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 390. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 556. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 636. 2009.
Tomex tomentosa L., Sp. Pl. 118. 1753.
Callicarpa lanata L., Mant. Pl. 2: 331. 1771, nom. illeg.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1092(764). 1924.
Callicarpa arborea Miq. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 507. 1885, non Roxb. 1832.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruthekku, Kattuthekku, Naikumbil, Nallapompil, Pichenkala, Puliyanthekku, Thiriperivelam, Themperuvallam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Great woolly malayan lilac
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high, bark 5-8 mm thick, brown, rough; branchlets fulvous tomentose. Leaves simple, opposite, 13-30 x 8-20 cm, ovate or elliptic, apex acuminate, base truncate, acute or rounded, margin entire or dentate, glabrous above except midrib, densely white stellate tomentose beneath, glaucous, chartaceous; petiole 2.5-6 cm long, stout, tomentose; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, arched, prominent, raised beneath; intercostae scalariform, prominent. Flowers bisexual, pinkish-purple, in axillary corymbose cymes, densely tomentose. Calyx 2 mm long, campanulate, lobes 5. Corolla 4 mm long, 5 mm across, tube short, lobes 4, spreading. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments 6.5 mm, glandular; anthers sagitate. Ovary globose, pubescent, 2 locular, ovules 2 in each cell; style slender; stigma capitate. Fruit a drupe, globose, 3 mm across, glabrous, black; seeds 3-4, oblong, angular.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
Violet
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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:
300-700
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Localities:
Peechi, Kattalappara, Thekkady, Karimala, Silent Valley R. F., Nadugani ghats, Pathenthode, Campshed area, Kannoth, Alakode, Panathur, Taliparamba, Sreekantapuram, Dhoni R. F., Mukkali forests, Thadikundu area, Ponmudi, Thamarakulam, Nedumkayam, Thenmala
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