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Embelia tsjeriam-cottam
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Embelia tsjeriam-cottam (Roem. & Schult.) DC., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 131. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 753(529). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 263. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 393. 1997; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 139. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 177. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 408. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 404. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 492. 2009.
Ardisia tsjeriam-cottam Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 518. 1819.
Embelia villosa Wall. ex Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 289. 1824; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 753(529). 1921.
Embelia robusta sensu Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 515. 1882, non Roxb. 1832.
Embelia acutipetala (Lam. ex Hassk.) M.R. & S.M. Almeida, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 81: 741. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 264. 1990.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ammimuriyan, Cheriyannattam, Eeshaal
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Description:
Deciduous shrubs; young stem densely brown pubescent. Leaves 3-7 x 2-4 cm, elliptic-obovate, attenuate at base, margin serrulate, caudate acumiante at apex, glabrous, venation prominent below; petiole to 1 cm long. Racemes axillary, 2.5-4 cm long, appear along with leaves. Peduncle brown pubescent. Pedicel c. 2 mm long. Calyx lobes triangular, c. 1 mm long. Corolla yellow with a thick callous at base inside; lobes 1.5-2 mm long, punctate. Anthers with red gland at the back. Ovary globose; stigma truncate. Fruits 3-4 mm across, subglobose, red tipped by the style.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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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, 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:
400-1600
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Padippara, Karivara slopes, Mukkali forests, Walayar, Ambalapuzha, Vadapuram, Edacode, Meenmutty
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