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Glycosmis angustifolia
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Family:
RUTACEAE
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Citation: Glycosmis angustifolia Lindl. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 93. 1834; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 333.1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 53. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 142. 2002; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 596. 2005; R.K. Premanath in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 598. 2005.
Glycosmis pentaphylla Correa var. angustifolia (Lindl. ex Wight & Arn.) Oliver, J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 5 (Suppl. 27): 37. 1861; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 500. 1875.
Glycosmis triphylla Wight var. angustifolia Kurz, J. Bot. 14: 37. 1876.
Glycosmis mauritiana (Lam.) Tanaka var. angustifolia (Lindl. ex Wight & Arn.) Tanaka, J. Bot. 68: 226. 1930; K.N. Nair & M.P. Nayar in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 341.1997.
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Description:
Large shrubs, to 2.5 m high; branchlets slender. Leaves 3-5-foliolate; leaflets 5.5 x 1.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, obtusely acute at apex, acute at base, glabrous, nerves 10 pairs, reticulate; petiolule 2 mm long. Panicle 1 cm across, shortly peduncled or sessile, axillary. Flowers few, 2 mm across; sepals triangular, ciliate; petals 1.5 x 1 mm, glabrous; anthers sparsely hairy; style obconical. Berry 5 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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:
-800
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Localities:
Deviar, Boneccord, Parur, Athirumala, Base of Agathyamala
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