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Rapanea thwaitesii
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Rapanea thwaitesii Mez in Engl., Pflanzenreich Myrsin. 357. 1902; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 751(528). 1921; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 60. 1998.
Myrsine thwaitesii (Mez) Wadhwa in Dassanayake & Clayton, eds. Revised Handb. Fl. Ceylon 13: 159. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheeramaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 7 m high; branchlets thick. Leaves simple, alternate, estipulate; petiole 5-10 mm, slender, glabrous; lamina 7-10 x 2.5-3.5 cm, ovate or oblanceolate, base attenuate, apex acute, rounded or emarginate, margin entire, marked with resinous dots, glabrous, coriaceous, nerves obscure. Flowers polygamous or dioecious 3 mm across, in umbels; pedicels short, 4-5 mm; calyx 3 mm wide, lobes4-5, acute, ciliate, gland dotted; corolla tube short, lobes 4-5, 3 x 1.5 mm, sparsely gland dotted, spreading; stamens inserted on the corolla, filaments absent, anthers ovate; ovary 1 mm, free, globose, 1-celled; style 0.5 mm. Fruit a berry, 4 mm across, purple, globose; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
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):
Brown
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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