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Tarenna agumbensis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Tarenna agumbensis Roghavan, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 341. 1969 Salim, Sujanapal and Kumar, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. 35: 192. 2011.
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Description:
Shrubs to 2 m tall, young shoot puberulous. Leaves 7-14 x 4-7 cm, obovate-elliptic elliptic or slightly elliptic-oblong, subcoriaceous, abruptly acuminate at apex, narrowly acute or sharply attenuate; petiole to 5 mm long; stipule triangular-ovate. Cymes terminal, shortly peduncled; flowers white, fragrant, bracts ca 1.5 mm long, broadly triangular, bracteoles ca 1 mm triangular, brown pubescent; calyx ca 7x3 mm, turbinate, pubescent, teeth ciliate along the margin; corolla tube narrow, cylindric, 3-3.5 cm long, lobes 5, imbricate, broadly ovate, throat hairy; stamens 5, inserted on the mouth of the corolla; filaments small, anthers linear, dorsifixed; ovary 2 celled with one ovule in each locule, style slender 3.2-3.8 cm, stigmatic lobes, slender. Fruit 5-7 mm across, globose, brownish black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
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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