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Syzygium lanceolatum
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium lanceolatum (Lam.) Wight & Arn., Prodr. 330. 1834; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 159. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 106. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 200. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 183. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 123. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 129. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 59. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 121. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 288. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 361. 2009.
Eugenia lanceolata Lam., Encycl. 3: 200. 1789.
Syzygium wightianum Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 330. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 478(338). 1919.
Eugenia wightiana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Wight, Ic. t. 529. 1842; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 485. 1878.
Syzygium claviflorum sensu Shareef et al., Rheedea 20: 52. 2010, non (Roxb.) Wall. ex A.M. Cowan & Cowan, 1929.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Njaval
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 12 m high, bark greyish-brown, smooth; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, 7.5-12.5 x 2-3.7 cm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or elliptic-lanceolate, apex obliquely acuminate or acute, base cuneate or acute, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous, pellucid-dotted; petiole 4-6 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves many, parallel, slender, not always close, obscure, looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, white, 5 mm across, in axillary and terminal cymes; pedicel to 2 mm. Calyx tube 12 x 3 mm, elongate, funnel shaped, lobes 4, short; disc obscure. Petal 4, often many, 3 x 3 mm, suborbicular. Stamens many, bent inwards at the middle in bud, 6 mm long. Ovary inferior, 2-celled; ovules many; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry 10-12 mm long, ovoid-turbinate, bright scarlet.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur
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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:
Sholayar, Kulathupuzha, Ichampetty, Kariamchola, Valiyaparathode, Parappa, Karappa, Vandanam
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