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Rubus micropetalus
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Rubus micropetalus Gard., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 6. 1847; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 441(312). 1919; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 173. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 191. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 177. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 66. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 241. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 343. 2009.
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Description:
Young stem, leaves on back and nerves above densely fulvous tomentose. Leaves 8-12 x 6-10 cm, broadly ovate, palmately 5-lobed; lobes acute to shortly acuminate, deeply cordate at base; lamina rugose above. Flowers in short axillary and terminal corymbose panicles. Bracts 1-1.5 cm, pectinately laciniate; segments 0.8-1 cm long. Calyx campanulate, tube 0.3-0.4 cm, lobes 5, 0.3-0.4 cm long, ovate, acuminate, densely fulvous tomentose. Petals 5, 0.2-0.3 cm long, ovate, smaller than calyx, pinkish. Stamens many. Fruit a compound berry, 1-1.5 x 0.8-1 cm, oblong, reddish brown on ripening.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
-1400
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Localities:
Chandanathode, Devicolam-Munnar road, Silent Valley R. F., Chemungi, Pongalapara, Chemungi
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