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Flueggea virosa
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Flueggea virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Voigt, Hort. Suburb. Calcutt. 152. 1845; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1296(907). 1925; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 291. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 342. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 739. 2009.
Securinega virosa (Roxb. ex Willd.) Baill., Adansonia 6: 334. 1866; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 271. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 373. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 347. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 255. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 427. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 369. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 740. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 439. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 415. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 644. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 381. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 290. 1999; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 457. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 652. 2009.
Phyllanthus virosus Roxb. ex Willd., Sp. Pl. 4: 578. 1805.
Flueggea microcarpa Blume, Bijdr. 580. 1826; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 328. 1887.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Perimklavu, Vellapoolam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Profusely branched dioecious shrubs. Leaves alternate, 1.5-3.5 x 1-2 cm, obovate, base cuneate, apex obtuse, glaucous below, chartaceous; petiole c. 3 mm long. Flowers minute in axillary clusturs, short-pedicelled. Male flowers numerous; pedicels to 2 mm long; tepals 5, c. 1 mm long, ovate-concave, crenulate; stamens 5, free; pistillodes 3. Female flowers c. 2 mm across; tepals 5, ovate. Fruit white, c. 4 mm across, globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry and moist deciduous forests and wastelands
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia
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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, Yellow
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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:
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Localities:
Vellanimala, Puthukkudy, Dam site, Thekkady, Vengoli, Ontangadi, Panthenthode border, Sabari hills, Bekal, Taliparamba, Cannanore, Kannoth, Bhavani river bank, Kaikatty, Malampuzha, Edathwa, Kanjirakadavu
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