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Syzygium parameswaranii
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium parameswaranii M. Mohanan & Henry, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 84: 408. 1987; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 192. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 139. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 400. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 264. 2002.
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high; branchlets tetragonous. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 1-3 mm, stout, glabrous; lamina 2-3 x 2-3.5 cm, ovate, base round or obtuse, apex subacute or acute obtuse, margin entire, recurved, glabrous, coriaceous; lateral nerves many, parallel, slender, rather close, faint, looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, greenish-white, 8 x 2.8 mm, funnel shaped, in dense terminal umbellate cymes; panicles subsessile; pedicel 3-18 mm long, slender, glabrous; calyx tube 1-1.2 cm long; lobes 4, 1 x 1-1.5 mm, ovate, obtuse; petals 4, 3 x 2.5 mm, suborbicular, calyptrate, obtuse, gland dotted along the main nerve, stamens many; filaments 2.5-3 mm long, dilated at base; ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 9 mm long; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, 1-1.5 x 0.5-0.6 cm, top shaped; 1-2 seeded, calyx tube persistent at the top of berry.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
1400-1800
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Localities:
Vellimala, Melmala, Kottamala, Agastyarkudam, Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara
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