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Psychotria truncata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psychotria truncata Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 162.1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:163.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 640(451). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 220. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 233. 1988; Deb & Gangop., J. Econ. Tax. Bot. Addl. ser. 7, 66. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 244. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 177. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 187. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 445. 2009.
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Description:
Large shrubs. Leaves to 12 x 6 cm, obovate, obtuse, broadly apiculate; nerves 9-11 pairs, 6 mm apart, reticulate towards the margins; petiole 1.5 cm long; stipule 12 mm long. Cymes 4 cm across, long-peduncled; branches whorled. Flowers 8 mm long, sessile; calyx 1 mm long, shallowly lobed, ciliate; corolla lobes 6, oblong, deflexed. Fruits not seen.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
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, Yellow
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Odamala, Teerthundamala, Brahmagiri, Chemungi, Thenmalai, Villumalai
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