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Syzygium mundagam
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium mundagam (Bourd.) Chithra in Henry et al., Fl. Tamilnadu 1: 157. 1983; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 181. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 107. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 182. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 200. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 190. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 183. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 124. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 139. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 121. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 263. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 217. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 362. 2009.
Eugenia mundagam Bourd., For. Trees Travancore 182. 1908; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 133. 1995.
Jambosa mundagam (Bourd.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 473(335). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattuchampa, Mundagam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 15 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, brown, smooth; blaze reddish; branchlets tetragonous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 3-7 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 12-30 x 5-12.5 cm, oblong or elliptic-oblong, base cordate, apex acute or obtuse, margin entire, coriaceous, glandular punctate; lateral nerves 18-22 pairs, pinnate, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve, secondary laterals prominent, intercostae reticulate, raised below. Flowers bisexual, 4 cm across, white, in terminal many flowered corymbs; pedicel 5 mm long; calyx tube stout, funnel shaped, lobes 4, 6 mm across, suborbicular; furnished with a thick disc; petals 4, 1.2 x 1.5 cm, orbicular; stamens many, free, bent inwards in the middle regularly when in the bud; ovary inferior, 2-celled, many ovuled; style slender, longer than stamens; stigma slightly acute. Fruit a berry, 2.5 cm across, ovoid, greenish-pink.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-900
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Kallar, Kattalappara, Vallakkadavu, Pezha, Kothala, Karimala, Chandanathode, Manthampotty, Moozhiar, on way to Kannoth, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Mukkali forests, Vattapara-Siruvani forests, Kallar, Rockwood, Ariankavu, Kulathupuzha, Athiruma
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