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Memecylon sylvaticum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon sylvaticum Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 110. 1864; Santhosh Kumar et al., JETB 28: 513. 2004.
Memecylon laevigatum Blume var. sylvaticum (Thw.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 561. 1879.
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Description:
A shrub or small tree. Branchlets subterete. Leaves elliptic or elliptic-ovate, 5-10 x 2-5 cm, cuneate at the base and narrowed into an up to 5 mm long petiole, acuminate to shortly caudate and obtuse to rounded at the very apex, with indistinct intramarginal and lateral veins, coriaceous, more or less shining above; foliar sclereids narrowly filiform. Inflorescences condensed or thyrsoid to umbel-shaped, 5-12 mm diam., sessile or with upto 4 mm long primary axes in the leaf axils and at the nodes on the branches below the leaves. Pedicels 0 or shorter than the calyx. Buds obtuse to rounded, with exposed petals. Calyx 3-4.5 mm wide, often papillose, deeply furrowed with radiating wings inside, shallowly 4-lobed; calyx lobes with a thin, scarious margin. Anthers 1.6-2 mm long; connective with a gland. Fruit globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sacred grove
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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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