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Psydrax pergracile
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psydrax pergracile (Bourd.) Ridsd., Blumea 41 : 462. 1996.
Canthium pergracile Bourd., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 352. t.4. 1899; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 206. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 146. 1997.
Plectronia pergracilis (Bourd.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 626(441). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Palaga, Aanakombi
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Description:
Small trees, bark smooth, yellowish-brown, branches slender. Leaves narrowly elliptic, caudate-acuminate, base acute, glabrous and glossy, to 9 x 3.5 cm, lateral nerves slender. Flowers 5-merous, greenish yellow, in axillary few-flowered umbels. Fruit ca. 2 cm across.
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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:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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