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Olea polygama
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Family:
OLEACEAE
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Citation: Olea polygama Wight, Ic. t. 1239 & 1240. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 613. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 796(559). 1923; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 432. 2002; P. S. Green, Kew Bull. 58: 259. 2002.
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Description:
Leaves 5-8 x 3.5-4.5 cm, round to broadly attenuate at base. Peduncles 2-4 cm long. Bracts small, linear, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Pedicels 0.2 cm long, articulated. Calyx tube minute; lobes 4, c. 0.1 cm long. Corolla tube 0.1 cm long; lobes 4, 0.05-0.1 cm long, white. Filaments short or 0. Style short or absent; stigma 2-fid. Drupe ovoid-oblong, 0.7-0.8 cm long, 0.25-0.3 cm diam.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
White
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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:
1400-1800
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Localities:
Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara
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