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Mycetia acuminata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Mycetia acuminata (Wight) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 289. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 612(431). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 137. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 238. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 182. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 299. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 160. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 339. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 181. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 155. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 336. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 258. 2005.
Lawia acuminata Wight, Ic. t. 1070. 1846.
Adenosacme lawii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 96. 1880.
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Description:
Erect fleshy herbs. Leaves simple, opposite, 27 x 10 cm, elliptic-oblong, acuminate at apex; nerves to 20 pairs, prominent, parallel; petiole 5-8 cm long, stipule 12 mm long, ovate, acute, membraneous. Cymes 5-7 cm across, axillary, peduncled. Flowers 6 mm long, pedicelled. Calyx 6 mm long, lobes 5, acuminate. Corolla blue, spreading, tube short, lobes 5, ovate, spreading. Stamens adnate to the corolla tube, anthers linear. Ovules many on peltate placentas; style short; stigmas linear. Berry, 8 mm across, white, fleshy; seeds many, angular.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow, White
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
1000-1400
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Localities:
Peechi, Sholayar, Rosemala, Arjunankotta, Meekara, Silent Valley R. F., Campshed area, Moozhiar, Arampa, Thalichola, Teppakulam, Agasthyamala, Athirumala, Koviltherimala
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