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Memecylon depressum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon depressum Benth. ex Triana, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 25: 158. 1865-1866; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 505(357). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 185. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 162. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 186. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 164. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 202. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 140. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 187. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 128. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 142. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 272. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 368. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaikkathetti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets tetragonous towards the upper part of each internode, terete below. Leaves to 13 x 5.5 cm, ovate-oblong, acute at apex, subsessile, brown when dried, nerves about 12 pairs, subdistinct. Cymes 2.5 cm across, densely branched. Flowers 4 mm across, many-together; calyx teeth acute; petals 2.2 x 1.5 cm, ovate, acute, bluish white, filaments 1.5 mm long, anthers 1.5 mm long, curved; style 3 mm long. Berry 7 mm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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):
Blue, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-1000
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Alvarakurichi, Kokkara, Puthussery, Thekkady, Kottamala, Pappinisseri, on way to Periya, Taliparamba, Kudam-Siruvani forests, Thenmalai, Bonaccord, Koviltherimala, Attayar, Chemungi
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