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Lasianthus acuminatus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Lasianthus acuminatus Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 511. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 185. 1880, p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 647(456). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 213. 1984; Deb & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 15: 274. 1991; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 67. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 178. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 153. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 426. 2009.
Lasianthus coffeoides Fyson, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 185. 1914 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 647(456). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Peenari, Moottumaram
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves to 9 x 4 cm, elliptic, oblong, apiculate, glabrous; nerves 4 pairs, prominent; nervules closely parallel; petiole 5-7 mm long; stipule triangular, acute, glabrous. Flowers 1-3 together, sessile; calyx lobes acute, triangular, villous; corolla 8 mm long, tube slender, lobes ovate, obtuse, densely villous. Drupe 5 x 5 mm, globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
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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:
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Altitude:
900-1825
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Localities:
Mlappara, Uppermanalar, Vellimala, Pooppara, Vattavada, Devicolam
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