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Rubus glomeratus
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Rubus glomeratus Blume, Bijdr. 1111. 1826; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 99. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 173. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 130. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 54. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 114. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 207. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 343. 2009.
Rubus fulvus Focke, Biblioth. Bot. 17: 81. 1911, non Sudre 1902; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 441(313). 1919.
Rubus moluccanus sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 330. 1878 p.p., non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumunthiri, Mulluvettila
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English name(s):
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Description:
Rambling shrubs, stem reddish, densely cottony hairy. Leaves alternate, to 8 x 8 cm, shallowly 5-lobed, cordate at base, rugose above, densely fulvous, cottony tomentose below; petiole 4 cm long. Flowers in terminal panicles, bracts 8 mm long, densely hairy; bracteole bifid, filiform; pedicels 7 mm long. Sepals 10 mm long, united below. Petals 4 x 2 mm, obovate. Ovaries glabrous. Drupe 2 mm across, ovoid, yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Blue, 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1820
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Vellimala, Karimala, Silent Valley R. F., Aruvanpara, Kakki hills, Vellarimala
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