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Phyllanthus baillonianus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Phyllanthus baillonianus Muell.-Arg., Linnaea 32: 47. 1863; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 300. 1887; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 371. 2007.
Reidia bailloniana (Muell.-Arg.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1293(904). 1925; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 453. 2005.
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Description:
Shrubs. Leaves ovate to ovate-lanceate, 2-5 by 1.3-3 cm, base rounded, apex acute, apiculate, lower surface glaucous, lateral veins c. 6 pairs, forming marginal loops, thick-chartaceous. Male flowers: towards lower leaf-axils, pedicel slender; tepals 4, ovate, margin scarious, acute; stamens 4, anther dehiscence transverse; disc-glands 4, large, tubercled. Female flowers: axillary and terminal, or in drooping racemes; pedicel c. 2 cm long; tepals 6, ovate; disc annular, shallowly 6-lobed; ovary 6-chambered due to false septum; ovule 1 per locule. Capsule subtended by enlarged tepals.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Pathanamthitta
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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):
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1400
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Localities:
Kakki hills
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