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Pavetta indica var. indica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta indica L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753, var. indica; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633(446). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 146. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 217. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 202. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 200. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 345. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 242. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 174. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 345. 1997; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 118. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 81. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 158. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 262. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 362. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 440. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kamatta, Pavetta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Indian sorrel
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves simple, opposite, 7-11 x 3-4 cm, ovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, apex acuminate, base acute-attenuate, chartaceous, glabrous; petiole to 1.8 cm long. Corymb terminal. Calyx minutely 4-toothed, to 3 mm long. Corolla white; tube c. 1.5 cm long, slender, sparsely pilose within; lobes obovate. Stamens 4, between the lobes, exserted; anthers linear-oblong. Ovule solitary; style slender, exserted; stigma fusiform. Berry 6-9 mm across, globose, black when ripe.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-July
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
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Distribution:
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):
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:
-1100
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Localities:
Vengoli, Karimala, Appuppanthode, Pappinisseri, Mukkali forests, Vandanam, Pooyamkutty, Nadugani ghats, Teppakulam, Olichuchattam
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