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Ixora agasthyamalayana
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora agasthyamalayana Sivad. & N. Mohanan, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sinica 32: 313. 1991; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 281. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 322. 2002.
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Description:
Leaves 15-22 x 6-8 cm, elliptic-oblong, acute at apex, attenuate at base, lateral nerves 18-20 pairs; leaves at base of peduncle small, orbicular-ovate, sessile, cordate at base. Stipules 0.5-0.7 cm long, ovate lanceolate, laterally joined half way, densely hairy within. Corymbs long peduncled; peduncles 10-15 cm long, branches and pedicels articulated at ramifications. Bracts and bracteoles 0.1-0.25 cm long, triangular ovate. Flowers sessile and pedicelled. Calyx tube 0.15-0.2 cm long, lobes 0.05 cm long, triangular. Corolla tube 1.25-1.5 cm long, lobes 0.4-0.5 x 0.15 cm, few silky hairy on lobes within. Style slender, 1.25-1.5 cm long; stigma 2-lobed. Berry didymous, 0.8-1.2 cm diam. Seeds 2.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-February
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
700-1300
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Localities:
Karamanayar region, Meenmutty, Athirumala, Agasthyamala
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