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Phyllanthus megacarpus
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Phyllanthus megacarpus (Gamble) Kumari & Chadrab. in Henry et al., Fl. Tamil Nadu ser. 1. 2: 235. 1987; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 373. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 751. 2009.
Reidia megacarpa Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1925: 332. 1925 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1292(904). 1925.
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Description:
A glabrous undershrubs. Leaves alternate, up to 6.5 long, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, unequal-sided, glaucous beneath. Flowers few, male in lower axils, female near the ends of the branches. Calyx-lobes of male orbicular-ovate, dentate, of female slightly toothed. Petals 0. Disk of female cushion-shaped. Stamens 2 or 4, the filaments united in a column around a pistillode; anthers dehiscing horizontally. Ovary 3-celled, 2 ovules in each cell; style 3, deeply 2-fid. Fruit about 2.5 cm in diameter, pale-coloured capsule, soon spitting; seeds appressed-hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Along stream banks in 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):
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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:
900-1200
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