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Grewia pandaica
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Grewia pandaica Drumm. ex Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 119(85). 1967; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 506. 1993; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 44. 1995; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 216. 2000.
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Description:
Trees, ca 15 m tall. Leaves alternate, 2.5 15 x 1.5-7.5 cm, ovate-oblong, ovate-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, obtuse or rounded at base, acuminate at apex, irregularly and coarsely crenate, pubescent, 3-5-nerved; petioles up to 1 cm long. Flowers in axillary cymes; peduncles up to 1 cm long; buds ca 3.5 mm long, ovoid-oblong; pedicels ca 5 mm long. Sepals ca 3.5 mm long, oblong, acute, tomentose. Petals ca 2.5 x 1 mm, oblong, subacute. Androgynophore short, glabrous. Stamens many; filaments ca 2.5 mm long, glabrous. Ovary ca 1 mm across, globose, villous; stigma 2-fid. Drupes not yet described.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Kollam, 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, 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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
500-900
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Localities:
Thenmalai
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