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Euonymus angulatus
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Euonymus angulatus Wight, Ic. t. 1053. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 610. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 203(146). 1918; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 54. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 117. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 22,36. 1996; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 93. 2000; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 43. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 158. 2002; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 702. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 220. 2009.
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Description:
Small trees or shrubs; branchlets acutely 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves opposite, oblong-lanceolate to elliptic, tapering at base, entire and thick at margin, acuminate at apex, 8-12 x 4-8 cm, coriaceous, glabrous, shining above, pale beneath; lateral nerves not conspicous. Cymes lax, usually drooping, more than 7-flowered; peduncles slender. Sepals 5, entire or fimbriate at margin. Petals 5, free, orbicular, purplish. Stamens 5, alternating with petals, inserted at margin of disc. Disc 5-lobed, fleshy. Ovary within disc; styles short, thick. Fruits 5-loculed capsules, turbinate, attenuate below, obtusely winged above.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen foreats
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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):
Pink, Rose
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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:
-1880
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Localities:
Pathenthode, Silent Valley R. F., Kummattanthode, Vellarimala, Athirumala, Pongalapara, Agasthymala peak
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