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Cordia cylindristachya
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Cordia cylindristachya Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 459. 1819; Ravik. & Muraleedharan, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 30: 171. 1988; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 332. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 459. 2009.
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Description:
Profusely branched densely foliaceous shrubs. Leaves alternate, 4-11.5 x 1.8-5.5 cm, elliptic-ovate to broadly elliptic, base cuneate, margin serrate, apex acuminate, scabrid, thin-coriaceous; nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole to 1 cm long. Flowers dense, in trminal 4-12 cm long, scorpoid cymes. Calyx campanulate. Corolla white, c. 5 mm across. Berry 3 - 5 mm across, globose, red.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as live fence, become naturalised wastelands and along the sides of railway tracks
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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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
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Weed:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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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:
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Localities:
Parakode, Sasthamkotta, Mavelikkara
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