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Eugenia floccosa
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eugenia floccosa Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 1: t. 200. 1872.
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Description:
Small trees up to 7 m tall; young branchlets terete, densely fulvous short tomentose, Leaves opposite, decussate; 7.2-10.5 x 3.2-6 cm, broadly elliptic, apex shortly acuminate with blunt tip to obtuse, base cuneate - attenuate, margin revolute, coriaceous, floccose beneath throughout when young or at least near base and on midrib when mature, pellucid gland dotted; midrib canaliculate above; secondary_nerves, not prominent, ca. 12 pairs; intramarginal nerve present; tertiary_nerves obscure; petiole 1.5 cm long, canaliculate, tomentose when young. Flowers large, white, solitary or in short few flowered terminal cymes. Calyx coriaceous densely pilose furnished at the base with 2 large bracteoles. Petals exceeding the calyx-lobes white hairy at the back. Berry, globose, crowned with calyx lobes, densely tomentose; seed one.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Februayr-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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:
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