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Rubus racemosus
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Rubus racemosus Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 519. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 340. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 442(313). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 99. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 248. 1997.
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Description:
Subshrub; tender parts glandular; prickles recurved. Leaves odd-pinnate, to 12(16) x 8(10) cm, chartaceous; margin serrate; petiole to 5(7) cm; stipules adnate to petiole, to 6 mm, persistent; terminal leaflet ovate, acute, to 8 x 6 cm, often sublobulate; laterals ovate-lanceolate, 7 x 3.5 cm. Inflorescence axillary, a few-flowered; peduncle 2 cm. Flowers 1 cm wide; pedicel to1 cm; bracts subulate, 6 mm. Calyx-tube shallowly cup-shaped, with glandular hairs; lobes 5, ovate-acuminate. Petals 5, red, longer than sepals. Stamens numerous. Ovary glabrous; ovule 1. Fruits globose, 1 cm wide, purple.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-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):
Red
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mannavan shola, Sispara, Kunda hills
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