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Eugenia discifera
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eugenia discifera Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918. 239. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 484(342). 1919; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 120. 1997; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 185. 1994; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 168. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 253. 2002.
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Description:
Small trees; branchlets stout, terete. Leaves to 4 x 3 cm, obovate, obtuse or obtusely acute, attenuate to the base, coriaceous, margins recurved; nerves 10 or 11 pairs, subdistinct below; petiole 6 mm long. Flowers axillary, solitary or paired; pedicels 2 cm long, fulvous tomentose; calyx tube 3 mm long, campanulate; lobes 4, 4 x 5 mm, orbicular, tomentose outside; petals 10 x 8 cm, white, orbicular, ciliate; filaments to 7.5 mm long; disk broad, fulvous hairy. Berry 15 mm across, globose, crowned with persistent sepals.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
700-1700
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Localities:
Pandimotta, Nelluyampathy forests, Chemungi, Attayar, Agasthymala peak
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