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Ardisia amplexicaulis
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Ardisia amplexicaulis Bedd., Ic. t. 170. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 521. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 755(531). 1921; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 274. 1994; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 490. 2009.
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-3 m tall. Leaves alternate, 7-15 x 2-3.5 cm, membranous, gland-dotted, crenulate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, rounded at base. Flowers few, white, regular, in terminal paniculate umbels; peduncles short, slender, as are the pedicels. Calyx 5-, rarely 4-, free, lobes moderate-sized, acute, overlapping to the right, persistent. Corolla 5, rarely 4 or 6, lobes imbricate in bud. Stamens as many as and opposite to the corolla-lobes; filaments short; anthers acute. Ovary globose; ovules few or many, immersed in a globose placenta; style cylindric; stigma terminal, small. Fruit a globose or subglobose berry; seed globose, hollowed at base.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Wayanad, Thiruvananthapuram
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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):
Pink, Purple
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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