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Psydrax dicoccos var. lanceolatus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn. var. lanceolatus (Arn.) Ridsd., Blumea 41: 461. 1996.
Canthium lanceolatum Arn., Nova Acta Phys. Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18: 342. 1836.
Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) Teijsm. & Binn. var. lanceolata (Arn.) Swamin. in Henry et al., Fl. Tamil Nadu 2: 2. 1987; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 146. 1997.
Canthium didymum Gaertn. f. var. lanceolata (Arn.) Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 152. 1859; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 132. 1880.
Plectronia didyma (Gaertn. f.) Kurz var. lanceolata (Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 624(440). 1921.
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Description:
Small to medium sized evergreen trees, bark yellowish-grey, shallowly fissured. Leaves lanceolate, caudate-acuminate, base cuneate, glabrous and glossy, to 10 x 2.5 cm. Flowers 3 mm across in few-flowered, short umbels. Calyx glabrous, shortly 5-lobed. Corolla greenish-yellow, lobes oblong, acute, 1.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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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