|
Lasianthus blumeanus
|
|
|
|
Family:
RUBIACEAE
|
|
Citation: Lasianthus blumeanus Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 507. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 184. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 646(456). 1921; Deb & Gangop., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 15: 278. 1991; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 157. 1997.
|
|
Malayalam Name(s):
|
|
Tamil name(s):
|
|
English name(s):
|
|
Description:
Shrubs, branches slender, glabrous. Leaves elliptic-oblong, acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous, to 10 x 4 cm, transverse nervules slender, faint. Bracts linear, pubescent, caducous. Calyx lobes lanceolate, 2 mm long; puberulous. Corolla white, glabrous, 2.5 mm long.
|
|
Habit:
Shrub
|
|
Flowering & Fruiting:
December-January
|
|
District(s):
Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram
|
|
Medicinal:
|
|
Habitat:
Evergreen forests
|
|
Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
|
|
Aquatic:
No
|
|
Epiphyte(s):
No
|
|
Saprophyte:
No
|
|
Stem parasite:
No
|
|
Root parasite:
No
|
|
Flower colour(s):
White
|
|
Weed:
No
|
|
Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
|
|
Exotic:
No
|
|
Garden:
No
|
|
Edible:
No
|
|
Vegetable:
No
|
|
Endemic to:
Southern Western Ghats
|
|
IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
|
|
Altitude:
600-850
|
|
Localities:
Rosemala, Ponmudi
|