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Capparis shevaroyensis
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Family:
CAPPARACEAE
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Citation: Capparis shevaroyensis Sundararagh., Kew. Bull. 37: 72. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 8. 1988; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 290. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22.1996; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 234. 2005.
Capparis parviflora sensu Hook. f. & Thoms. in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 176. 1872, non Boiss. 1843; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 46(33). 1915; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 15. 1998.
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Description:
Spreading shrubs, branches glabrous; spines small, recurved. Leaves ovate, acute or obtuse at apex, tip emarginate; base acute and extreme base cordate, glabrous, nerves 3 pairs; petiole 3 mm long. Umbel sessile, terminal 5-10-flowered; pedicel 10 mm long, 5-10 together. Flowers 10-12 mm across; sepals 4 x 4 mm, orbicular, concave, puberulus outside; petals dull white, 6 x 2.5 mm, obovate, obtuse, entire, glabrous; stamens 20, filaments 10 mm long; gynophore 6 mm long; style very short. Berry 8 mm across, globose, smooth; fruiting pedicel 2 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
White, Creamy
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thekkady, Aruvanpara
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