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Canthium rheedei
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Canthium rheedei DC., Prodr. 4: 474. 1830, 'rheedii'; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 134. 1880; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 229. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 180. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 33. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 217. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 317. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 170. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 147. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 248. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 343. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 414. 2009.
Plectronia rheedei (DC.) Bedd., For. Man. Bot. 134/5. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 625(441). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Edalimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Armed shrubs; spines supra-axillary. Leaves simple, opposite, 2-5.5 x 1.5-3.5 cm, ovate, elliptic-ovate or lanceolate, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded or cordate, chartaceous; petiole to 3 mm long; stipules filiform. Flowers in a few-flowered, axillary fascicles. Calyx 1.5 mm long, cupular, 5-toothed. Corolla white, 5-6 mm across; tube 3-4 mm long, slightly constricted above, furnished with a curtain of stiff reflexed hairs within; lobes 5, lanceolate, acuminate, reflexed. Stamens 5; filaments c. 2 mm long. Ovary c. 1 x 1 mm, compressed; stigma acute. Drupe 7-10 mm across, obcordate, compressed; pyrenes rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and sacred groves
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Yellow, 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Poringal, Uppermanalar, Moozhiar, Orukomban, Arampa, Ayyappankovil, Mukkali forests, Thiruvizhamkunnu, Kanichukulangara, Arikode, Ariankavu, Kulathupuzha, Thenmalai
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