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Syzygium hemisphericum
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium hemisphericum (Wight) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.):115. 1931; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 180. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 105. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 199. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 189. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 122. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 264. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 138. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 129. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 216. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 360. 2009.
Eugenia hemispherica Wight, Ic. t. 525. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 477. 1878.
Jambosa hemispherica (Wight) Walp., Rep. 2: 191. 1843; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 474(335). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Payanjaval, Tholnjaval, Venjara, Venyara
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Description:
Trees, to 27 m high, bark surface dark-brown, smooth; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, 5.5-17.5 x 2-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or ovate-lanceolate, base cuneate or acute, apex acute, acuminate or caudate-acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous, pellucid-dotted; petiole 10-20 mm, stout, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves 8-16 pairs, pinnate, slender, obscure, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, 3-4 cm across, white or rose, densely packed; pedicel 5 mm long. Calyx tube 6 mm long, shortly and stoutly obconic, lobes 4, 3 x 6 mm, obtuse; disc thick. Petals 4, 7 mm across, free; stamens many, bent inwards in middle regularly when in bud; filaments 15 mm long. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style slender; stigma slightly acute. Fruit a berry, 23-25 mm across, globose, purple, crowned by calyx lobes.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Thrissur, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
South India 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):
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:
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:
Kattalappara, Olikkudy, Pachakkanam, Koruthode, Karimala, Walakkad, Valiyaparathode, Ponnambalamedu, Devicolam, Lock-hert gap, Dhoni R. F., Merchiston, Thalichola
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