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Grewia gamblei
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia gamblei Drumm. ex Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 117(84). 1915; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 498. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 487. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 169. 2009.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs. Leaves simple, alternate, 4-9 x 2-4 cm, ovate-elliptic to oblong, acute or short-acuminate at apex, rounded or subacute at base, crenate-serrulate at margin, scabrid above, tomentose beneath; 3-nerved; petioles to 9 mm long. Flowers in axillary or extra-axillary umbelled cymes; buds oblong to ovoid-oblong, 1-1.4 cm long, tomentose; peduncles to 2.5 cm long; pedicels to 1.3 cm long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, 1-1.4 cm long, tomentose outside. Petals oblong-lanceolate, ca. 8 mm long; glands ovoid, ca 3 x 2 mm. Androgynophore well developed. Ovary subglobose, ca. 2 mm across, hirsute; stigma 4-lobed. Drupes deeply 4-lobed, ca. 2 cm across, subglabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-November
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and 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):
White, Creamy
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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