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Embelia adnata
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Embelia adnata Bedd. ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 514. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 752(529). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 260. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 225. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 492. 2009.
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Description:
Large climbers, branchlets stout, lenticellate, reddish. Leaves to 8 x 4 cm, oblong, subacute at apex, rounded or cordate at base, thickly coriaceous, shining above; lateral nerves indistinct; petiole 5 mm long, stout. Panicles terminal, branches long, puberulus. Flowers many, shortly pedicellate; sepals 1 mm long, ovate, pubescent outside; corolla lobes 5, 2 mm long, ovate, densely villous within; anthers with a brown gland at back; ovary globose, glabrous; style conical.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Sunderamala, Kottamala
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