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Pavetta praeterita
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta praeterita Bremek., Feddes Repert. 37: 92. 1934; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1878(1300). 1936; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 165. 1997; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 156. 1999.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets slender, puberulous. Leaves elliptic lanceolate, acute, base acute or cuneate, to 10 x 3.5 cm, glabrous. Flowers in terminal, paniculate puberulous cymes. Calyx and pedicels puberulous. Corolla white, 1.5 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Kollam
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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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
-1000
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Localities:
Kattalappara
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