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Memecylon flavescens
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon flavescens Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 226. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(355). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 109. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 128. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 270. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 142. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 61. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 368. 2009.
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Description:
Densely branched shrubs; branchlets terete. Leaves to 4 x 2 cm, obovate, obtuse, attenuate to the base, yellow when dry, nerves 4 or 5 pairs, indistinct; petiole 5 mm long. Cymes 1 cm across. Flowers sessile, 2.5 mm across; calyx teeth short, triangular; petals 1.5 x 1 mm, ovate, acute, pink; filaments 3 mm long. Berry 8 mm across, globose, yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alvarakurichi, Uppermanalar, South Walakkad, Kunda hills, Vellarimala
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