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Rauvolfia micrantha
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Rauvolfia micrantha Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 633. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(567). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 244. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 313. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.5 m high; branches slender, glabrous. Leaves 8-13 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, membranous, abruptly acuminate at both ends; lateral nerves to 12 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary long-peduncled congested cymes; sepals 1.5 mm long, triangular, acute, basely connate; corolla white with reddish at throat, 8 mm long, glabrous, lobes ovate, acute. Capsule 7 x 5 mm, ovoid, acute, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and 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):
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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Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Koruthode, Plapally
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