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Syzygium chavaran
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium chavaran (Bourd.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 480(340). 1919; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 181. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 120. 2002.
Eugenia chavaran Bourd., For. Trees Travancore 188. 1908.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Chavaran
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 25 m high; bark to 2 cm thick, greyish-brown; blaze red; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate. Petiole 13-30 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 10-21 x 4-9 cm, elliptic, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base attenuate or acute, apex obtusely acuminate or acuminate, margin entire, glossy above, glabrous, coriaceous, pellucid-dotted; lateral nerves many, parallel, close, slender, looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve, prominent, intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, 1-1.5 cm across, white, in axillary and terminal compound cymes, branches stout, divaricating at right angles; pedicel not distinct; calyx tube turbinate, less than 5 mm long, mouth 5-6 mm across, lobes 4; no thickened disc; petals calyptrate; stamens many, free, bent inwards at the middle when in bud; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many in each cell; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, 3-4 x 2-2.5 cm, obliquely ventricose, bluish-purple, crowned by the 3-5 mm long calyx limb.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Thailand
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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):
White
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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:
Yes
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Kariamchola
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