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Ixora malabarica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ixora malabarica (Dennst.) Mabb., Taxon 26: 539. 1977; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 212. 1984; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 146. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 212. 1984; Tariq Husain & Paul, J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 5, 144.1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 234. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 175. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 18; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 225. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 155. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 331. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 177. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 326. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 356. 2009.
Chiococca malabarica Dennst., Schluss. Hort. Malab. 12, 19 & 37. 1818.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherukuravu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender erect shrubs. Leaves simple, opposite, 4-13 x 2-4.5 cm, lanceolate, apex acute to shortly acuminate, base broadly acute to rounded, thin-coriaceous; stipules 5-6 mm long, triangular with subulate tip. Cymes corymbiform, flacid, few-flowered. Bracts and bracteoles 2-2.5 mm long, subulate. Calyx campanulate; lobes 3-3.5 mm long. Corolla greenish yellow; tube 1.6-2 cm long; lobes 4-5 mm long, lanceolate, curled and recurved. Stamens attached between corolla lobes at throat of tube. Berry 1 cm across, subglobose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
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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):
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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
900-1200
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Kallar, Kattalappara, Koruthode, Pathanamthitta, Kannoth, Thazhakkara, Ampumala, Kanjirakadavu, Ariankavu, Thenmalai, Vandalodu, Chemungi, Athirumala, Bonaccord, Karamanayar region, Attayar
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