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Lagerstroemia parviflora
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Family:
LYTHRACEAE
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Citation: Lagerstroemia parviflora Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 66. 1795; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 514(362). 1919; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 202. 1994; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 379. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cimanii, Malamaruthu, Venthekku
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Deciduous trees, to 15 m high; bark dark brown or greyish-black, vertically furrrowed, exfoliating in long, thin flakes; blaze dull yellow. Leaves simple, opposite; stipules intrapetiolar, deciduous; petiole to 5 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 3.5-7.5 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, obovate-elliptic or oblong, base round or acute, apex acute, acuminate or obtuse-retuse, margin entire, glabrous or shortly pubescent beneath, coriaceous; lateral nerves 6-8 pairs, pinnate, slender, prominent; intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 2 mm across, white, fragrant, in lax axillary panicles; calyx tube 7 mm, campanulate, with a ring inside, smooth with out; lobes 6, to 3 mm, appressed to the capsule in fruit; petals 6, to 6 mm, ovate-suborbicular; claw 4 mm; stamens many, inserted near the base of the calyx tube, exserted; filaments to 1 cm; anthers 0.5 mm; ovary 2.5 mm, half inferior, sessile, glabrous, 4-6-celled, ovules many; style to 1 cm, curved; stigma capitate. Fruit a capsule, 3 x 1.5 cm, 3-4 valved, ovoid, brown; seeds many; wing terminal with a thick curved back.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Tropical Himalaya, India and Myanmar
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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:
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Localities:
Pooyamkutty
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