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Pavetta travancorica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pavetta travancorica Bremek., Feddes Repert. 37: 81. 1934; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1877(1299). 1931; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 161. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 441. 2009.
Pavetta laeta Bremek., Feddes Repert. 37: 82. 1934; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1878(1299). 1936; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 154. 1999.
Pavetta bourdillonii Sivad. & N. Mohanan, Bot. Bull. Acad. Sinica 40: 61. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 345. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pavettamkole
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves to 13 x 6 cm, elliptic, apex acute, membranous, nerves ca. 9 pairs; petiole 2 cm long. Cymes corymbose, axillary; flowers white; calyx tube 1.5 mm, lobes 0.5 mm; corolla tube 1 cm, infundibuliform, lobes 5mm, oblong; ovary 1.5 mm, style 2.5 cm, stigma clavate. Fruit 1 cm across, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-November
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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:
400-1400
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Localities:
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