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Pavetta minor
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta minor (Hook. f.) Deb & Rout, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 89: 352. 1992; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 144. 1999.
Pavetta indica L. var. minor Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633 (446). 1921.
Pavetta thomsonii Bremek. var. puberula Bremek., Feddes Repert. 37: 99. 1934; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1879(1300). 1936; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 165. 1997.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets slender, puberulous. Leaves elliptic lanceolate, acute, base acute or cuneate, to 10 x 3.5 cm, glabrous. Flowers in terminal, paniculate puberulous cymes. Calyx and pedicels puberulous. Corolla white, 1.5 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-November
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District(s):
Kollam, Ernakulam, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India
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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:
125-800
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Localities:
Rosemala
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