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Strychnos minor
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Family:
LOGANIACEAE
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Citation: Strychnos minor Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 15,25,33. 1818; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 261. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 303. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 228. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 297. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 212. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 256. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 324. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 447. 2009.
Strychnos colubrina sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 87. 1883,p.p., non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherukanjiravally
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; bark pale brown; tendrils 2-branched. Leaves simple, opposite, 5.5-14 x 2.8-5.4 cm, ovate or elliptic-ovate, apex acute or acuminate, base obtuse or rounded, coriaceous, 3-ribbed from a little above the base; petiole to 1.2 cm long. Flowers white in cymes up to 3 cm long. Calyx lobes ca 1 mm long. Corolla tube 2 mm long, throat woolly; lobes ovate-acute, as long as the tube. Ovary and style hirsute. Berry woody, 2-2.5 cm across; seeds 1-3, orbicular.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and sacred groves
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Umiyar, Kulathupuzha, Pambavalley, Ezhimala, Kodumon, Varkala, Ponmudi, Vandanam, Thenmalai
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