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Photinia serratifolia var. tomentosa
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Photinia serratifolia (Desf.) Kalkman var. tomentosa (Gamble) Vivek. & Shetty in Henry et al., Fl. Tamilnadu 1:141.1983; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 96. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 129. 1998.
Photinia lindleyana Wight & Arn. var. tomentosa Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 445(315). 1919.
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Description:
Medium sized trees. Leaves to 15 x 7 cm, obovate, abruptly acuminate at apex, acumen twisted; petiole to 3 cm long. Panicle terminal, 10 cm across. Flowers 4 mm broad, white; calyx lobes ovate, acute; petals obovate, 1.5 x 1 cm; stamens inserted at the rim of the calyx cup; ovary 3-celled, glabrous, sessile. Fruit globose, covered by thick calyx tube.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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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:
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Localities:
Vellimala, Sispara
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