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Salacia malabarica
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Salacia malabarica Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 133. 1916 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 215(154). 1918; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 158. 2000; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 127. 2005; K. Ramam. & P. Venu in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 721. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 226. 2009.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branchlets faintly muricate. Leaves simple, opposite, 9-13 x 4.5-7 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate, base cuneate or rounded, coriaceous. Flowers in axillary fascicles; pedicel 2-3 cm long. Petals greenish yellow, elliptic. Berry hard, globose, c. 5 cm diam.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Thannithode
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