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Memecylon randerianum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon randerianum SM & MR Almeida, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 85: 521. 1989; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 370. 2009.
Memecylon malabaricum (Clarke) Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7: 1148. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 505(356). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 111. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 255. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 197. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 137. 1995; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 274. 2002; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 143. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 62. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 226. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 294. 2009.
Memecylon amplexicaule Roxb. var. malabarica Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 559. 1879p.p.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaikkathetti, Kashara, Kazhavu, Koovachekki
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Description:
Bushy shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-12 x 1.5-4 cm, ovate, apex gradually acute, cordate at base, sessile; nerves obscure. Flowers fascicled in very dense many-flowered cymes; peduncles 1-2 mm long; pedicels short, 1-2 mm long. Calyx tube 1-2 mm long, campanulate, truncate at apex. Petals 1-2 mm long, obovate, blue. Style subulate, c. 3 mm long. Berry 4-5 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Alappuzha, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, and also in sacred groves
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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:
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Altitude:
1200-1600
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Localities:
Thekkady, Tiruvalla, Ambalapuzha, Thenmalai, Olichuchattam, Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara
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