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Memecylon talbotianum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon talbotianum Brandis in Talbot, Bombay List. (ed. 2) Append. 1902 & Indian Trees 336. 1906; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(355). 1919; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 140. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 186. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 165. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 130. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 271. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 143. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 276. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 226. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 370. 2009.
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Description:
Trees or large shrubs; branchlets terete. Leaves to 15 x 5.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, obtusely acuminate at apex, acute at base, drying dull yellow; nerves not visible; petiole 5-8 mm long. Peduncle 5 mm long, on old branches; pedicels 3 mm long. Berry 5 x 7 mm, yellow, glabrous, crowned by persistent sepals.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-750
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Anchurali, Gurunadhan mannu, Nedumpoyil, Vaniampuzha, Bonaccord
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