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Psychotria keralensis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psychotria keralensis Deb & Gangop., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 25: 213.1983 (1985) & Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 7, 48.1989; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 232. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 186. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 160. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 444. 2009.
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves to 15 x 6 cm, obovate, obtusely acuminate, cuneate at base; nerves 11-13 pairs, intercostae, reticulate, distinct; stipules 11 x 9 mm, ovate, densely rufous hairy inside. Cymes 4 x 4 cm, branches opposite, glabrous. Flowers 7 mm long, sessile; calyx 2 mm long, lobes ovate, glabrous; corolla tube equal to the lobes, lobes 4, deflexed. Fruit 17 x 10 mm, ellipsoid, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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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):
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Poonkavanam, Kathiramudi, Orukomban, Chandanathode
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