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Grewia lanceaefolia
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia lanceaefolia Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 586. 1824; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 118(84). 1915; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 502. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 489. 2005; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 40. 1998.
Grewia diplocarpa Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 31. 1858; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 390. 1874.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets mixed-hairy. Leaves to 9 x 3 cm, elliptic, acuminate, densely stellate-hairy below; petiole 9 mm long. Peduncle 9 mm long, 3-flowered, stellate-hairy; sepals 12 x 2 mm, oblong, acute, hairy; petals 2 x 1.5 mm, ovate, ciliate, gland 1.5 x1.5 mm, orbicular; gynandrophore 2 mm long, hairy at the base; filaments 7 mm long; style pubescent below; stigma peltate, lobed.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Myanmar
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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:
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Localities:
Kottamala
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