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Memecylon subcordatum
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Memecylon subcordatum Cogn. in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 7:1164.1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 505(357). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 186. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 143. 1998.
Memecylon amplexicaule var. cordata Wight ex Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 559. 1879.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets slender. Leaves 4.5 x 2.5 cm, ovate, obtusely acuminate, sessile or shortly petiolate, greenish when dry; nerves 9 pairs. Cymes 1 cm across, many-flowered; peduncle short or absent; pedicel 2.5 mm long, slender; bracts fulvous-tomentose. Flowers 2.5 mm across; calyx shortly 4-toothed, puberulus outside; petals 1.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, blue; filaments 2.5 mm long, anthers curved; style 3.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
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Localities:
Thekkady, Poonkavanam
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