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Rhamnus virgatus
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Rhamnus virgatus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 351. 1824; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 222(159). 1918.
Rhamnus hirsutus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 165. 1834.
Rhamnus dahuricus Pall. var. hirsutus (Wight & Arn.) Lawson in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 639. 1875.
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Description:
Erect shrub; branchlets ending in a spine. Leaves fascicled, elliptic, to 4 x 1.5 cm, chartaceous, puberulous below; nerves 3 or 4 pairs, base acute, margin serrulate, apex acuminate; petiole 1.2 cm; stipules lanceolate. Fascicles to 1 cm, axillary, to 10-flowered. Flowers 3 mm wide; pedicel 5 mm; bract ovoid. Calyx-lobes 4, ovate. Petals 4, yellow, obovate. Disk 0. Stamens 4. Ovary globose, 2-celled; styles 2; stigma capitate. Drupe 6 mm wide, 2-celled; pyrenes 2.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Montane scrub jungles and shola forests
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Distribution:
South India, Himalayas to West China
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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):
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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