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Eugenia singampattiana
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Eugenia singampattiana Bedd., Ic. t. 273. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:506.1979; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 483(343). 1919; Vinod et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 23: 703. 1999; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 178. 2000.
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Description:
Small trees, branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves deccusate, 5-8 x 2.5-5 cm, ovate or elliptic-oblong, chartaceous, nerves 13-15 pairs, midnerve prominent below, glabrous, base cordate or rounded at base, margin entire, obtuse or acuminate at apex; petiole very short. Cymes terminal in short racemes; bracts and bracteoles pubescent, 0.8-1 cm long; pedicels to 1 cm long. Flowers white. Calyx tube 3 mm long, lobes 4, to 4 mm long, sub-orbicular, persistent. Petals 4, glandular, to 12 mm long, ovate, inconspicuously dotted and prominently nerved. Disc small. Stamens numerous, erect or incurved; filaments 1-1.5 mm long. Ovary subglobose, 2-celled; ovule numerous; style 8 mm long. Berry subglobose-globose, 2 x 2 cm, crowned with calyx lobes.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-December
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District(s):
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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
300-900
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Localities:
Adhirumalai
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