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Rapanea daphnoides
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Family:
MYRSINACEAE
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Citation: Rapanea daphnoides Mez in Engl., Pflanzenreich Myrsin. 357. 1902; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 751(528). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 239. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 226. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 178. 2002.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets slender, rough with persistent leafscars. Leaves to 7 x 1.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, obtuse at apex, glabrous, subcoriaceous; petiole 5-10 mm long. Flowers densely fascicled; sepals 1 mm long, ovate, glandulose; corolla 3 mm long, densely papillose, glandular lineolate. Berry 5 mm across, globose, densely covered with glands.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
White, Creamy
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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:
Vellimala, Anakuthivayal, Karimala
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