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Memecylon lushingtonii
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon lushingtonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 227. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 503(355). 1919; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 273. 2002.
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Description:
Large shrubs, branchlets slender. Leaves 2.5-5 x 1.5-2.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, obtuse to emarginate at tip, attenuate at base, nerves obscure, margins recurved, green on drying; petioles 0.3-0.4 cm long. Flowers in axillary and lateral, sessile to subsessile fascicles. Calyx tube 0.1 cm, cup-shaped above ovary, 0.05-0.1 cm long. Petals bluish. Ovary subglobose, 0.1-0.15 cm; style subulate. Berry small, globose, 0.2-0.3 cm diam., 1-seeded.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-July
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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
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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:
-1400
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Localities:
Valiyaparathode, Agasthymala peak
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