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Canthium angustifolium
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Canthium angustifolium Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 169. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 135. 1880; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 130. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 205. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 212. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 319. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 223. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 180. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 217. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 146. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 169. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 309. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 248. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 413. 2009.
Plectronia rheedei (DC.) Bedd. var. angustifolia (Roxb.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 625(441).1921.
Canthium leschenaultii (DC.) Wight & Arn. in Wight, Cat. 77. 1833 & Prodr. 426. 1834.
Dondisia leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 4: 469. 1830.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattakara, Kattaramullu, Koyikkodavam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect shrubs with slender branches; spines slender, straight. Leaves to 11 x 5 cm, lanceolate, long acuminate; domatia glandular; petiole 3-6 mm long; stipule acuminate, villous within. Cymes short, sessile. Flowers shortly pedicelled; calyx tube nearly truncate; corolla 5 mm long, tube globose, lobes lanceolate, spreading; anthers strongly cuspidate, hispid at tip. Style 3 mm long, densely bearded at middle. Drupe 10 mm across, globose, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India and Myanmar
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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):
Green, Yellow
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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:
600-1400
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Localities:
Peechi, Vazhachal, Vazhani, Kattalappara, Choondippara, Koruthode, Arjunankotta, Aruvikkara, Adoor, Konni, Nedumpoyil, Ambayathode, Kulathupuzha, Attayar, Bonaccord, Meenmutty, Athirumala, Pongalapara
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