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Rhamnus wightii
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Family:
RHAMNACEAE
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Citation: Rhamnus wightii Wight & Arn., Prodr. 164. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 639. 1875; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 222(159). 1918; Bhandari & Bhansali in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 197. 2000.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kokkuvalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Unarmed straggler to liane. Leaves alternate, elliptic-oblong, to 10 x 4 cm, subcoriaceous, glabrous; nerves 7 pairs; base obtuse, margin serrulate-recurved, apex acuminate; petiole to 8 mm; stipules 0. Spikes axillary, also terminal, to 5 cm; peduncle 1 cm. Flowers 3 mm wide; pedicel 2 mm; bracts puberulous. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes ovoid. Petals 5, yellowish, cucullate. Disk adnate to calyx, pitted. Stamens 5. Ovary urceolate, 3-celled; styles 3; stigma discoid. Drupe 7 mm wide, 3- celled; seeds 3, conical, 3 mm wide.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Montane scrub jungles and shola forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Nepal
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-2100
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Localities:
Chittaruvi
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