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Psychotria connata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psychotria connata Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 163. 1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 171. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 641(452). 1921; Deb & Gangop., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 7, 114. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 186. 1998.
Psychotria laevigata Wight & Arn., Prodr. 433. 1834.
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves to 15 x 4.5 cm, oblanceolate, acuminate; nerves 6-8 pairs, indistinct, 13 mm apart; petiole 2 cm long; stipule 1 cm long, ovate, emarginate, glabrous inside. Cymes 4-6 cm across, axillary, peduncled, rusty-puberulus; peduncles 3-4 cm long; bracts 3-5 mm long, ciliate, coriaceous. Flowers 4.5 mm long, sessile; calyx 2 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, ciliate. Corolla 3.5 mm long, lobes 5, oblong, acute.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-August
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District(s):
Idukki
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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):
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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:
Vallakkadavu
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