| |
Psychotria bisulcata
|
| |
|
| |
Family:
RUBIACEAE
|
| |
Citation: Psychotria bisulcata Wight & Arn., Prodr. 434.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:171.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 641(452). 1921; Deb & Gangop., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 7, 116. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 186. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 352. 2002.
|
| |
Malayalam Name(s):
|
| |
Tamil name(s):
|
| |
English name(s):
|
| |
Description:
Subshrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, 11 x 4.5 cm, elliptic, abruptly acuminate, cuneate at base, membranous; nerves 7 or 8 pairs, prominent below, reticulate; petiole 1 cm long; stipule 7 mm long, ovate, cuspidate, densely rufous-villous within. Cymes 3-4 cm across, villous at nodes. Flowers 4 mm long, sessile. Calyx 1.5 mm long, truncate, glabrous. Corolla tube 2.5 mm long densely villous inside, lobes acute, deflexed. Style 1.5 mm long, broaden up.
|
| |
Habit:
Shrub
|
| |
Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
|
| |
District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Wayanad
|
| |
Medicinal:
|
| |
Habitat:
Evergreen forests
|
| |
Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
|
| |
Aquatic:
No
|
| |
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
| |
Saprophyte:
No
|
| |
Stem parasite:
No
|
| |
Root parasite:
No
|
| |
Flower colour(s):
Green, White
|
| |
Weed:
No
|
| |
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
| |
Exotic:
No
|
| |
Garden:
No
|
| |
Edible:
No
|
| |
Vegetable:
No
|
| |
Endemic to:
|
| |
IUCN status:
|
| |
Altitude:
1400-1600
|
| |
Localities:
Sabarimala, Pongalapara
|