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Pavetta breviflora var. breviflora
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta breviflora DC., Prodr. 4: 491. 1830, var. breviflora; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 151. 1880, p.p.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633(447). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 140. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 174. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 68. 1998; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 75. 1999.
Pavetta brevifolia DC. var. subcoriacea Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 634(447). 1921; Sebastine & Vivek., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 9: 174. 1967.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Malampichi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs or small trees; stem stout, subquadrangular, glabrous; bark yellowish. Leaves simple, opposite, 5.5-13.0 x 1.6-5.5 cm, elliptic or elliptic-obovate, acute at apex and base, subcoriaceous, glabrous; domatia few to many on secondary or tertiary nerves; lateral nerves 9-12 pairs, alternate or subopposite, more prominent beneath; petioles 0.5-1.5 cm, stout, glabrous; stipules interpetiolar, 7-10 x 3-4 mm, narrowly triangular, subcoriaceous, scarious at margin. Inflorescence terminal, peduncled, trichotomously branched, corymbose cymes, 4-6 cm acroous. Flowers 40-50; bracts 8-11 x 5-6 mm, broadly triangular, membranous, glabrous pedicels 1.5-3.0 mm, glabrous. Hypanthium ca 1 x 1 mm, obovoid,; Calyx tube ca 1.0 x 1.8 mm, broader above, glabrous; teeth 0.4-0.5 x 0.2 mm, narrowly triangular or dentate, glabrous; Corolla tube ca 8 mm long, ca 1.5 mm across, cylindrical, glabrous; lobes ca 5.0 x 2.5 mm, oblong, mucronulate at apex, glabrous. Staminal filaments ca 0.8 mm, glabrous; anthers 4.5-5.0 mm, glabrous. Ovary ca 0.8 x 1.0 mm, disc ca 0.5 x 1.0 mm; style ca 14 mm long, stout, glabrous; stigma ca 3 mm, fusiform, glabrous. Drupe 6-7 mm across, globose or subglobose, glabrous, 1 seeded; seeds ca 4 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
1700-2300
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Localities:
Aruvanpara, Devicolam, Hereford
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