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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Sol. ex Ait.) Hassk., Flora 25: 35. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 469. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 471(533). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 104. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 61. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 260. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 136. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 128. 1999.
Myrtus tomentosa Sol. ex Ait., Hort. Kew (ed. 1) 2: 159. 1789.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherukotlampazham, Koratta, Kirattan, Thavattukoyya, Thaontay
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Downy rose myrtle, Hill Gooseberry
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Description:
Stout shrubs, densely tomentose; branchlets terete. Leaves to 5 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, 3-ribbed, densely white-tomentose below; petiole 5 mm long. Cymes 15 cm broad, terminal or upper axillary. Flowers pedicelled, calyx tube globose, 6 mm long, pink, densely tomentose, lobes 5, orbicular; petals 5, white, orbicular, hairy outside; stamens many, filaments 8 mm long, pink; ovary 2-3-celled; style stellate, ovules few, hairy. Capsule 10 mm across; globose, densely hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and 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):
Rose, Pink
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pothumala, Kottamala, Kanthaloor forests, Munnar, Sispara, Old Devicolam, Kunda hills
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