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Chassalia curviflora var. ophioxyloides
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Chassalia curviflora (Wall. ex Kurz) Thw. var. ophioxyloides (Wall.) Deb & Krishna, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 24: 222. 1982(1983); Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 190. 1989; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 176. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 218. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 147. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 66. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 171. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 147. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 147. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 416. 2009.
Psychotria ophioxyloides Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 167. 1824.
Chassalia ophioxyloides (Wall. ex Kurz) Craib, Gard. Bull. Straits Settlem. 6:474.1930; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 188. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 131. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 213. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 322. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 230. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18,25. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 319. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 310. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 249. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 344. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karutha-amalppori, Yamari, Vellakurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m tall. Leaves simple, opposite, 22 x 8 cm, oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate; nerves 12 pairs, regular; petiole to 3 cm long, stipule connate, ovate, membraneous, 2-fid. Cymes 7 x 4 cm, terminal, panicled, glabrous. Flowers 15 mm long, subsessile. Calyx 1.5 mm long, globose, lobes 5, ovate. Corolla 8 mm long, curved, tube purple with yellowish mouth, lobes ovate, obtuse. Stamens 5, included; anthers linear. Ovary 2-celled, ovule one in each cell; style 2-fid at apex. Fruit 6 mm across, globose, glabrous; seeds 2.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Common in all types of forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Pink
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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:
650-1800
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Localities:
Sholayar, Pongumala, Olikkudy, Thannikkudy, Orukomban, Kanthalppara, Nelluyampathy forests, Edamalayar, Chembotti, Punnamala, Allmost all places, Panathur, Payyanur, Taliparamba, Kannoth, Kottiyur, Payyavur, Santhanpara, Karasurymala, Mukkali forests, Ka
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