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Pavetta hispidula
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta hispidula Wight & Arn., Prodr. 431. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 151. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633(447). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 217. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 202. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 230. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 241. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 173. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 233. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 344. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 184. 1998; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 100. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 158. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 347. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 440. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vellapavetta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small shrubs; stems hispid. Leaves to 15 x 4.5 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate, narrowed to the base, glabrous above, hispid below; nerves 6-8 pairs, looping below the margins; petiole 2 cm long; stipules ovate, mucronate. Cymes 5-8 cm broad, lax, hispidulous. Flowers white, pedicels 8 mm long; calyx 3 mm long, teeth short, recurved, hispid; corolla tube 15 mm long, thinly hispid, lobes 8 x 3 mm, oblong, glabrous; style 37 mm long. Fruits not seen.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats 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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
400-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Uppermanalar, Kottamala, Pezha, Kariamchola, Pathenthode, Kannoth R.F., Konnakadu, Maloth, Punnapuzha, Karuvarakundu, Thenmalai, Ariankavu, Bonaccord, Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara, Agasthyamala
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