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Ardisia stonei
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Ardisia stonei Sasidh. & Sivar., Rheedea 4: 116. 1994; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 260. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 184. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 222. 1998.
Antistrophe serratifolia sensu Mohanan & Sivadasan, Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 402, non (Bedd.) Hook. f. 1876.
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Description:
Low shrubs; branchlets rusty tomentose. Leaves to 15 x 4.5 cm, oblanceolate, abruptly acuminate at apex, attenuate and rounded at base, crenate-serrate along the margins, glabrous; nerves ca. 18 pairs, distinct, coarsely reticulate . Flowers in deflexed and shortly peduncled umbels, axillary, pedicels 3 mm long; calyx lobes 2 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate; corolla pink, lobes 6 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, red-glandular; anthers acute.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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
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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:
Rosemala, Kattalappara, Poonkavanam
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