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Oxyceros rugulosus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Oxyceros rugulosus (Thw.) Tirveng., Nordic J. Bot. 3: 466. 1983; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 140. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 225. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 184. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 158. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 262. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 439. 2009.
Griffithia rugulosa Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 159. 1859.
Randia rugulosa (Thw.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 113. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 617(435). 1921; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 356. 2002.
Aidia rugulosa (Thw.) Swamin., Biol. Mem. 2: 67. 1977.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves to 16 x 7 cm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; nerves 8-10 pairs; petiole 1.5 cm long, thick; stipule 6 mm long, ovate, acuminate. Cymes lateral or axillary, 5-8 cm across; shortly peduncled. Flowers 25 mm long; calyx tube 6 mm long, obconical, teeth 5, obsolete; corolla tube 12 mm long, densely villous in a ring inside; lobes 13 mm long, oblong, deflexed, white; stamens 5, filaments short, inserted at the mouth of corolla tube; anthers 8 mm long, linear, apiculate; ovary 2-celled; ovules many, sunken in the axile placentas; style 18 mm long, stigma clavate. Berry 10 x 10 mm; seeds few, rugose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1000-1200
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Umikuppan, Meekara, Campshed area, Walakkad, Velithode, Boneccord, Athirumala
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