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Sageretia hamosa
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Sageretia hamosa Brongn., Ann. Sci. Nat. Bot. ser. 1, 10: 360. 1827; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 641. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 223(160). 1918; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 140. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 99. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 71. 1998; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 200. 2000; P.V. Sreekumar & A.N. Henry in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 726. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kokkimullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing or scandent shrubs. Leaves opposite, to 13 x 7 cm, ovate-oblong, bluntly acuminate, rounded at base, serrulate; nerves 4-7 pairs; petiole 1.5 cm long; thorns 2.5 cm long, deflexed, alternate. Panicle to 10 x 6 cm, axillary, scarcely branched, alternate with thorn, pubescent. Flowers 2.5 mm across, sessile, bracts and bracteoles similar, ovate; sepals 5, 2 x 1 mm, ovate, connate at base; petals 5, 1 x 0.5 mm, ovate, concave and clawed, greenish white; stamens 5, free; disk annular; ovary 3-celled, ovule one in each cell; style stout; stigma capitate. Drupe 6 mm across, globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India, Nepal, Taiwan and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green, 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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1850
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Localities:
Karadikkavala, Chandanathode
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