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Eugenia mooniana
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eugenia mooniana Wight, Ic. t. 551. 1842 & Illustr. 2: 13. 1850, non Gard. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 505. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 484(342). 1919; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 355. 2009.
Eugenia thwaitesii Duthie in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 506. 1879; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 103. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 24. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 180. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 120. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 136. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 58. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 119. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 255. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 214. 2005.
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, caudate, base acute or obtuse, glabrous, to 8 x 3.5 cm. Flowers 5 mm across, in axillary and terminal few-flowered clusters; bracts small; pedicels 2-3 mm long. Petals white, glandular. Berry crimson, crowned by calyx lobes, 1.2 cm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
1880-2050
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Rosemala, Deviar, Kariamchola, Kummattanthode, Ponnambalamedu, Vellarimala, Agasthymala peak
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