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Glyptopetalum lawsonii
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Family:
CELASTRACEAE
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Citation: Glyptopetalum lawsonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 131. 1916 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 204(147). 1918; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 115. 1994; K. Ramam. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 112. 2000.
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; branchlets terete, young shoots flattened. Leaves elliptic-obovate, 5-9 x 3-6 cm, obtuse, base cuneate, coriaceous, entire or with a few teeth at apex; nerves 7-9 pairs, distinct. Cymes axillary or supra-axillary, 6-7-flowered. Flowers bisexual. Sepals 4-lobed, short, scarious at apex. Petals 4, ovate, 3 mm long, obtuse, 2 oblique pits towards apex. Stamens 4; filaments short, thick. Ovary immersed in the disc; styles short. Fruits capsular, subglobose, 1-1.6 cm across. Seeds subglobose, 10 x 5 mm, covered with fleshy aril.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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