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Grewia barberi
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia barberi Drumm. ex Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 118(84). 1915; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 70. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 39. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 114. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 169. 2009.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branches softly spreading-tomentose. Leaves to 15 x 6 cm, ovate-lanceolate, sharply acuminate,. tomentose along the nerves below, ribs prominent, midrib with 6 lateral nerves; petiole 6-8 mm long. Peduncle 8-10 mm long, stout, few-flowered; pedicels 8 mm long, enlarging in fruit; sepals 20 x 4 mm, oblong, densely tomentose outside; petals 6 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse, white. Drupe 20 x 20 mm, depressed; 2-4 lobed, fulvous spreading-hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-700
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Localities:
Koruthode, Tolpetty, Attayar
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