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Medinilla beddomei
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Medinilla beddomei Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 548. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 496(351). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 108. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 185. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 202. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 186. 1996; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 141. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 125. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 268. 2002; Sasidh. & Sujanapal, Rheedea 15: 105. 2005; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 221. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 366. 2009.
Medinilla radicans sensu Bedd., Ic. t. 184. 1868-1874, non Blume 1831.
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Description:
Epiphytic shrubs; branches terete, pendulous. Leaves simple, opposite, 2.5 cm across, obtuse at base and apex, very succulent, ribs indistinct; petiole 5 mm long. Cymes axillary, 1-3 flowered; pedicels 2 cm long, glabrous. Flowers white. Calyx tube 7 mm long, wavy along the rim. Petals white, 1.5 x 1.2 cm, obovate, spreading. Stamens 10, anthers 8 mm long, acuminate, spur at the base of the anther, 1.5 mm long, curved up.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous, semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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:
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Altitude:
800-1600
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Localities:
Sholayar, Vazhachal, Vallakkadavu, Moozhiar, Puliyala, Orukomban, Silent Valley R. F., Aruvanpara, Kakki hills, on way to Periya, Valiyaparathode, Pooyamkutty, Pongalapara
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