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Carmona retusa
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Carmona retusa (Vahl) Masamune, Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Taiwan 30: 61. 1940; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 257. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 459. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 302. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 310. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 204. 1999.
Cordia retusa Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 42. 1791.
Ehretia microphylla Lam., Illustr. 1: 425. 1792; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 891(626). 1923.
Carmona microphylla (Lam.) G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 391. 1837-1838.
Ehretia buxifolia Roxb., Pl. Corom. t. 57. 1796; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 144. 1883.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kuranguvettila
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Philippine tea
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Description:
Shrubs, to 2 m tall; twigs glabrous to sparsely strigillose. Leaves mostly fasciculate on short, spur-like branches, occasionally alternate, to 4.0 x 1.5 cm wide, often small, spathulate, retuse and/or with 2-7 teeth at apex, the bases attenuate, somewhat coriaceous, uniformly scabrate above, the trichomes with cystolith-like bases; subsessile. Inflorescence mostly solitary and axillary. Flowers small, subsessile; pedicels c. 2 mm long. Sepals 5, slightly connate basally, spathulate, 3-3.5 mm long, to 4 mm in fruit. Corolla salverform, white, tube shallow, 5-lobed, the lobes c. 3 mm long. Stamens exserted, anthers c. 1.2-1.6 mm long; filaments 1.5 mm long. Ovary globose; the style slender and elongate, cleft below the middle; stigmas scarcely differentiated. Fruit drupaceous, globose, 3.5-4 mm in diam, 4-seeded, not separating at maturity.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Attapady block-Mukkali, Panangotteri
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