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Memecylon angustifolium
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon angustifolium Wight, Ic. t. 276. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 562. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 504(355). 1919; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 195. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 128. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 142. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 125. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 272. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aattukanala
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs to small trees; branchlets subterete. Leaves opposite, 3-8 x 0.6-1.5 cm, narrowly elliptic, very cuneate at the base and narrowed into a short petiole, obtuse to rounded at the apex, coriaceous, more or less dull on both sides. Inflorescence thyrsoid to umbel-shaped, many-flowered, 10-20 mm diameter, sessile or with up to 10 mm long primary axes at the nodes on the branches below the leaves; pedicels 1-3 times the calyx length. Calyx 2-3.4 mm wide, smooth or shallowly striate inside, truncate or shallowly 4-lobed. Petals widely elliptic-ovate, blue. Anthers 1.3-1.6 mm long; connective with a gland. Berry 4 mm across, globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream banks in evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Blue, Violet
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Kallar, Deviar, Pezha, Peppara, Attayar
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