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Sabia limoniacea
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Family:
SABIACEAE
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Citation: Sabia limoniacea Wall. ex Hook.f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 1: 210. 1855; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 120. 1996; S.C. Majumder in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 432. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 77. 2002; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 795. 2005.
Sabia malabarica Bedd., lc. 39, t. 177. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 2. 1876; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 254(182). 1918.
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Description:
Branchlets glabrous. Leaves 7-12 x 3-4 cm, oblong-lanceolate, apex acute or acuminate, base rounded, glabrous, coriaceous, lateral nerves ca. 5 pairs, intercostae reticulate, prominent; petiole to 1.5 cm long. Cymes solitary and axillary to new leaves or in panicled cymes in the axils of old leaves; sepals ciliate along margins; petals suborbicular, white, 1 mm across; ovary 2-celled, cell 2-ovuled, style conical. Drupe globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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, Creamy, 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:
300-1200
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Localities:
Sholayar, Pooppara
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