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Pavetta brunonis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta brunonis G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 575. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 152. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 634 (447). 1921; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 82. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 440. 2009.
Ixora nilagirica O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 286. 1891.
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Description:
Shrubs, 2-3 m high, erect, branched; stem stout, 4-angled, glabrous and corky in age, pubescent when young. Leaves simple, opposite, 5.5-17.0 x 2.5-7.5 cm, elliptic-obovate, acute or acuminate at apex, cuneate, acute or attenuated at base, membranous, glabrescent or sparsely pubescent above, densely pubescent beneath; midrib canaliculate and pubescent above, tomentose beneath; lateral nerves 10-12 pair, pubescent; stipules persistent, interpetiolar, 12-17 x 5-7 mm, oblong-triangular, acute at apex, subcoriaceous, pubescent outside. Inflorescence terminal, sessile or peduncled, trichotomously branched, corymbose cymes, 7-8 cm across, pubescent; peduncles up to 1 cm long, pubescent; bracts 6-7 x 5 mm, cuspidate, membranous, pubescent outside, glabrous within. Flowers ca 100; pedicels 2-4 mm, pubescent. Hypanthium ca 1 x 1 mm, obovoid, pubescent. Calyx tube ca 0.5 x 1.0 mm, broader above, pubescent outside, glabrous within; teeth 1.5-2.0 x 0.3 mm, subulate, acute at apex pubescent outside, glabrous within. Corolla tube 9-12 mm long, ca 1 mm across, cylindrical, glabrous outside, pilose within; lobes 4.5-5.0 x 2.5 mm, oblong, mucronulate at apex, glabrous. Staminal filaments 0.2-0.5 mm, slender, glabrous; anthers 3.5-4.5 mm. Ovary ca 0.8 x 0.8 mm; disc ca 0.5 x 0.8 mm; style 20-25 mm long, slender, glabrous, puberulous below stigma; stigma ca 2 mm, simple, fusiform, puberulous. Drupes 7-10 x 7-11 mm, subglobose or didymous, sparsely pubescent, with persistent calyx teeth; seeds 1 or 2, ca 4 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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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):
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:
100-1500
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Localities:
Meekara
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