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Ixora brachiata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora brachiata Roxb. ex DC., Prodr. 4: 488. 1830; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 142. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 631(445). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 211. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 195. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 219. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 195. 1989; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 161.1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 233. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 234. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 176. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 18. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 225. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 155. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 330. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 176. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 151. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 324. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 255. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 421. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Marachekki, Marachethi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Gorbale
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 8 m high, bark smooth, greyish-brown; branchlets terete, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, decussate, 7.5-20 x 3-7 cm, elliptic-oblanceolate, obovate, elliptic or elliptic-oblong, apex obtuse, base attenuate, acute or cuneate, margin entire, glabrous, coriaceous; stipule 4-4.5 mm x 5-6 mm, interpetiolar, apex acute; petiole 5-20 mm long, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 6-20, pinnate, very slender; intercostae reticulate, slender. Flowers bisexual, white, fragrant, small, sessile, in terminal, long peduncle, bracteate, panicled cyme; peduncles and pedicels puberulus. Calyx tube minute, 4 teethed, membranous. Corolla tube 6 mm long, slender, lobes 4, oblong, recurved. Stamens 4, attached to the mouth of corolla tube; anthers sagitate. Ovary 2-celled, inferior, ovules one in each cell; style filiform; stigma bifid. Fruit berry, red-purple, 5 mm across, globose, glabrous; pyrenes planoconvex.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests and sacred groves
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-1000
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Rosemala, Kattalappara, Kulathupuzha, Pamba, Parambikulam, Kariamchola, Kothala, Moozhiar, Arampa, Nedumpoyil, Ezhimala, Karimbam, Panoth, Parappa, Mukkali forests, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Kasaragod, Kanjirakadavu, Nedumkayam, The
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