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Memecylon umbellatum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon umbellatum Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 87. 1768; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 504(355). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 110. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 186. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 163. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 110. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 187. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 255. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 202. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 165. 1989; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 187. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 271. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 131. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 63. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 127. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 226. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 295. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 371. 2009.
Memecylon edule Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 82.1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:563.1879p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 504(356).1919; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 162. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 165. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 196. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 142. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 225. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 294. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Anakkayavu, Anjanamaram, Kanali, Kalayam, Kannavu, Kayampoomaram, Kasavu, Netunjetti
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Ironwood tree
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves 2.5-5 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate-oblong or elliptic, base cuneate, apex obtuse to rounded, coriaceous, drying yellowish green; petiole c. 5 mm long. Umbels compact, 1.5-3 cm across, sessile or very short peduncled, many-flowered; flowers subsessile. Calyx 2-3 mm wide, pale bluish, truncate or shallowly 4-lobed. Petals blue, elliptic-ovate to orbicular. Filaments blue; anthers c. 1.5 mm long. Style blue. Berry c. 7 mm across, globose, initially yellowish green; mature fruit bluish black.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen, shola and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1960
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Localities:
Poringal, Olikkudy, Arjunankotta, Vengoli, Thekkuthode, Konni, below Punnamala, Taliparamba, Sreekantapuram, Parappa, Cheruvathur, Ezhimala, Kannoth R.F., Panathur, Ayyappankovil-Pothundy, Karasurymala, Kakadavu, Peradala, Elanginelvallikavu, Vadapuram,
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