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Psydrax dicoccos var. dicoccos
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Psydrax dicoccos Gaertn., Fruct. 1: 125. t.26. f.2. 1788, var. dicoccos; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 446. 2009.
Canthium didymum (Brandis) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 132. 1880, non Gaertn. f. 1806.
Plectronia didyma Benth. & Hook. f. ex Brandis, For. Fl. 276.1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 624(440). 1921.
Canthium dicoccum (Gaertn.) Merr., Philipp. J. Sci. 35: 8. 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 205. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 189. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 223. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 169. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 146. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Irumbarappan
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 12 m high, bark white, corky. Leaves simple, opposite, distichous, 7-12 x 2.4-4.5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate, ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex acuminate, base cuneate or acute, margin entire, recurved, glabrous, shiny coriaceous; stipules interpetiolar, cuneate, triangular, cuspidate; petiole 4-10 mm, stout, glabrous; lateral nerves 2-4 pairs, pinnate, prominent, ascending; intercostae reticulate, obscure beneath, domatia present. Flowers bisexual, pentamerous in axillary cymes, 10 mm long. Calyx tube short, lobes ciliate. Corolla lobes 5, oblong, reflexed, tube densely villous. Stamens 5; filaments short, disc round, cushion like. Ovary 2-celled, inferior; ovules one in each cell, pendulous; style 14 mm long, glabrous. Fruit a drupe, 0.8 cm long, globose, compressed, glabrous; pyrene rugose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen, semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Churullipetty, Vallakkadavu, Kottamalapallam
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