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Lasianthus rostratus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Lasianthus rostratus Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 510. 1846; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 647(456). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 226. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 153. 2002.
Lasianthus ciliatus Wight var. rostratus (Wight) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 185. 1880.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets densely brown hirsute. Leaves 8-12 x 3-4.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base obtuse, glabrous above, tomentose beneath, lateral nerves 7 or 8 pairs, intercostae scalariform; petiole to 1 cm. Flowers sessile, in axillary fascicles; calyx lobes 4, triangular, acute, villous; corolla white, 4 mm long, lobes 4, tomentose outside; ovary 3-celled, style glabrous. Drupe globose, 0.6 cm across.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki
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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
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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:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Karappara, Orukomban, Pothumala, Nelliyampathy
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