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Tarenna trichurensis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Tarenna trichurensis Sasidh. & Sivar., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 243. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 240. 1996.
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Description:
Large shrubs, branchlets terete, glabrous, Leaves opposite, to 11 x 5.5 cm elliptic to oblanceolate, acuminate, base acute, glabrous, glabrous below; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs; petiole to 1.2 cm long; stipule ovate, 3 mm long, deciduous. Flowers in terminal pubescent corymbose cymes. Calyx pubescent, limb 5-lobed, lobes subequal, obtuse. Corolla creamy white, tube 5 mm long, sparsely hairy at mouth, lobes oblong, 5 mm long, reflexed. Ovule 1 in each cell; style sparsely hairy, stigma fusiform, much exserted. Berry subglobose, shortly apiculate, 1 x 0.8 cm; seeds deeply concave, smooth shining; endosperm horny.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-November
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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):
Creamy, 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala
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