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Ehretia ovalifolia
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Ehretia ovalifolia Wight, Ic. t. 1383. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 143. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 891(626). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 205. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kathippidi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees, branchlets lenticellate, terete. Leaves to 7 x 3.5 cm, oblong or elliptic, apex obtuse, nerves 6-8 pairs, pubescent in the nerve axils; petiole 1-1.5 cm; Corymbs terminal and axillary, 8-10 cm; flowers white, slightly pubescent; pedicel 1-2 mm; calyx tube to 1 mm, lobes 1 mm, pubescent; corolla rotate, tube 3 mm, lobes 2 mm; filaments 4 mm; ovary 4 celled; styles 2, fused to 3 mm.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-November
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Scrub jungle and dry deciduous forests
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty
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