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Aidia densiflora
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Aidia densiflora (Wall.) Masam., Sci. Rep. Kanazawa Univ. 4 : 85. 1955.
Randia gardneri auct. non (Thw.) Hook. f. in Benth & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 88. 1873; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 11. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 617(435). 1921 .
Aidia gardneri (Lour.) Tirveng., Adansonia 35: 11. 1978; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 220. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 144. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 168. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 306. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 247. 2005.
Griffithia gardneri Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 158. 1859.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Meenkara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Trees, to 20 m high, bark 6-8 mm thick, surface greyish-brown, mottled; branches horizontal. Leaves simple, opposite; stipules triangular; petioles 5-12 mm long, stout, glabrous; lamina 7-19 x 1.8-6 cm, elliptic, lanceolate, elliptic-oblong, base acute, apex acuminate, margin entire, coriaceous, glabrous; lateral nerves 7-10 pairs, pinnate, ascending, prominent; intercostae reticulate, obscure. Flowers bisexual, white, 6-8 x 5-6 mm, in leaf opposed cymes; peduncles and pedicels hairy; bracts scaly; calyx tube short, lobes 5; corolla tube 2-2.5 mm long, hairy at throat, lobes 5, 8 mm long, lanceolate, tube longer than lobes; stamens 5; anthers 5 mm long, linear, inserted in the mouth of corolla tube; ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules many, sunk in placentae attached to the septum; style slender, hairy; stigma bifid. Fruit a berry, 6-8 mm across, globose, dark blue; seeds embedded in the pulp.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergeen forests
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Distribution:
Sri Lanka and Peninsular India
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-1000
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Localities:
Kattalappara, Kallar, Mlappara, Moozhiar, Merchiston, Bonaccord, Attayar, Athirumala
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