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Vaccinium leschenaultii var. rotundifolia
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Family:
VACCINIACEAE
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Citation: Vaccinium leschenaultii Wight var. rotundifolia (Wight) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 455. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 742(521). 1921; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 75. 1998.
Vaccinium rotundifolia Wight, Illustr. 2: t. 139. 1850.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kelamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small stout trees. Leaves alternate, orbicular, 2.5-3.5 cm in diameter, acute or obtuse, minutely serrate. Flowers axillary or terminal, in racemes fascicles or corymbs rarely solitary. Calyx-tube globose; teeth 5, small. Corolla tubular or ovoid, white, pink or greenish, 8 mm long, glabrous without. Stamens 10, free; anthers produced at the apex in 2 cylindric tubes with terminal openings. Ovary 5-, or apparently but falsely 10-, celled. Berry globose, 5-celled; seeds 1 or more in each cell, compressed.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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, Pink, Green
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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:
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Localities:
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