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Medinilla malabarica
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Medinilla malabarica Bedd., Ic. t. 157. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 548. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 496(351). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 109. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 59. 1998; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 64. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 141. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 130. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 60. 2000; Sasidh. & Sujanapal, Rheedea 15: 107. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 367. 2009.
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Description:
Epiphytic shrubs; branchlets thick, rough. Leaves to 7 x 4 cm, ovate, acute, 5-nerved from base, glabrous, thick; ribs reddish brown; petiole to 7 mm long, thick. Cymes axillary, 1-3-flowered. Flowers light pink; pedicels stout, glabrous; calyx tube 7 mm long, glabrous, truncate above; petals 12 x 8 mm, ovate, obtuse.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad, 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):
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):
Red, Rose
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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:
600-700
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Vellimala, Moozhiar, Eravikulam, Walakkad, Pooyamkutty, Vavalamala, Attayar
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