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Rauvolfia tetraphylla
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Rauvolfia tetraphylla L., Sp. Pl. 208. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 165. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 230. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 279. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 422. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 293. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 282. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 417. 1997; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 429. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 523. 2009.
Rauvolfia canescens L., Sp. Pl. (ed. 2) 303. 1762; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 808(568). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pambumkolli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Garden Rauvolfia
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Description:
A small, much-branched woody shrub, 0.6-1.2 m high. Leaves whorled,3-5 at each node, ovate-elliptic. Flowers greenish-white or creamy-white in umbellate cymes; peduncle to 2 cm long. Calyx lobes orbicular, ciliate. Corolla white, ca. 4 mm long, lobes ovate, throat villous. Fruits 6-8 mm across, globose, deep red or purple when ripe; seeds oblong, rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Forest plantations also in the plains
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Distribution:
Introduced from West Indies; now naturalised in Western Peninsular India
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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:
Yes
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Begur, Pappinisseri, Kalarcodu, Nilambur
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