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Memecylon sivadasanii
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon sivadasanii N. Mohanan, Ravi, Kiran Raj & Shaju, Nordic J. Bot. 21: 493. 2001; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 274. 2002.
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Description:
Small trees. Branchlets slender. Leaves 3-10 x 0.5-1 cm, narrowly linear lanceolate, long acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, recurved on margins, brownish above greenish yellow below on drying; midrib chanelled above, projected below; petioles 0.4-0.5 cm long. Flowers densely fascicled on old stem. Peduncles 0.2-0.25 cm long. Pedicels 0.1 cm long. Bracts and bracteoles scaly. Calyx tube 0.1 cm long, broadly cup-shaped. Petals blue, 0.1 cm long, ovate. Stamens exerted. Ovules many; style subulate, 0.3-0.4 cm long. Fruits globose, 7-8 mm diam.; seed 1; cotyledon foliaceous.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-900
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Localities:
Kurisumala
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