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Ehretia pubescens
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Ehretia pubescens Benth. in Royle, Illustr. 1: 306. 1836; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 891(626). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 206. 1999.
Ehretia laevis Roxb. var. pubescens (Benth.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:142.1883.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Karukamaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small trees; height 10 m; bark grey; branchlets stout, lenticellate, pale brown, younger parts softy hairy. Leaves simple, alternate; petiole 6-15 mm long, slender, glabrous; lamina 5.5-9 x 2-3.5 cm, elliptic-oblong, oblanceolate or obovate; base cuneate; apex obtuse; margin entire, coriaceous, scabrous; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, pinnate, prominent, slender; intercostae reticulate. Flowers in terminal or axillary corymbose, 1 cm, white; calyx tube 1.5 mm, lobes 1 mm; stamens 5, filaments 1 m long; ovary 4-celled; style bifid, short; stigma minute. Fruit a drupe, globose, 6.5 mm across, black when ripe.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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:
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Localities:
Sivapura, Chinnar
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