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Memecylon gracile
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon gracile Bedd., Ic. t. 164. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:563.1879p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 504(356). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 185. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 196. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 129. 1997; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 273. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 369. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Elimaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender erect shrubs, bushy-branched. Leaves opposite, 2-5 x 0.8-2 cm, ovate-oblong, caudate acuminate at apex, round to slightly attenuate at base; petioles 0.1-0.2 cm long. Flowers axillary in 3-flowered cymes; peduncles slender, 0.6-1.5 cm long. Pedicels 0.2 cm long. Flowers 0.2 cm across. Calyx campanulate, 0.1 cm long, truncate to slightly 4 toothed. Petals white, 0.1 cm, ovate. Ovules many; style filiform; stigma pointed. Berry solitary, globose, 0.5-0.7 cm diameter; seed 1.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
700-1200
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Localities:
Kallar, Moozhiar, Suryakanthi, Boneccord, Attayar, Bonaccord, Athirumala
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