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Psilanthus fragrans
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psilanthus fragrans (Wall. ex Hook.f.) Leroy, Adansonia 3: 256. 1981; Sivar., Biju & Mathew, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sinica 33: 219. 1992.
Coffea fragrans Wall. ex Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 154. 1880.
Psilanthus malabaricus Sivar., Biju & Mathew, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sinica 33: 219. 1992.
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Description:
Woody shrubs. Leaves opposite, to 15 x 5 cm, elliptic to lanceolate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate at base, chartaceous, glabrous, prominently veined; lateral nerves 5-8 pairs, more raised below, without domatia, drying green; petiole 4-5 mm long, glabrous; stipules triangular, shortly aristate, with colleters at base within. Flowers mostly solitary, terminal or axillary, subsessile, white, generally appearing with leaves; bracts 2 pairs, closely set, outer pair 3.5-4 x 1-1.5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, aristate, pubescent outside and with colleters at base within, second pair similar but smaller; bracteoles one pair, closely set with bracts and like young leaves, elliptic-acuminate, entire, 4.5-5.2 x 1-1.5 mm, sparcely pubescent with faint lateral veins. Calyx funnel-shaped to 2.5 mm long and 3 mm across, expanded above and projecting well above the disc, limb apparently lacerate with an indefinite number of unequal, finger-like colleters at the rim. Corolla white, tube cylindric, 1-1.6 cm long, minutely pubescent out-side, lobes 5, ovate or elliptic, acute, 6-7 x 2-3 mm. Stamens attached below the throat of the corolla tube; anthers sessile, 4 mm long, tips exserted. Style to 7 mm long, glabrous, stigma 2-lobed, 1-1.2 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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