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Tabernaemontana gamblei
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Family:
APOCYNACEAE
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Citation: Tabernaemontana gamblei Subram. & Henry, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 12: 1. 1970; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 283. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 294. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 282. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 205 Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 245. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 190. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 446. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 314. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 525. 2009.
Ervatamia caudata Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1921: 310. 1921 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 813(571). 1923, non Tabernaemontana caudata Merr. 1909.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets white. Leaves opposite, often unequal, 7-10 x 4 cm, elliptic, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute, lateral nerves 7 pairs; petiole 1 cm long. Cymes terminal. Flowers white; pedicels stout, 1 cm long; sepals ovate, obtuse; corolla tube to 17 mm long, cylindrical; lobes 15 mm long, oblong, obtuse. Capsule 3 x 1.25 cm, not curved; aril red.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, 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:
Near Threatened (NT)
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Altitude:
700-1400
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Kallar, Deviar, Mlappara, Pooppara, Thelliyalimattukkal, Nelluyampathy forests, Arampa, Ayyappankovil-Kaikatty area, Chemungi, Meenmutty, Chemungi, Athirumala, Agasthymala peak
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