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Salacia beddomei
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Family:
HIPPOCRATEACEAE
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Citation: Salacia beddomei Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 133. 1916 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 215(155). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 98. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 120. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 68. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 69. 1998; K. Ramam. & B.D. Naithani in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 151. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 163. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Korantivalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs, branchlets lenticellate. Leaves simple, opposite, 10-20 x 7-9 cm, oblong, obtuse at base and apex, faintly crenate; nerves 11-13 pairs, distinct below. Flowers pinkish yellow, 3-9 together; pedicels 1 cm long, slender; sepals 1.5 mm long, triangular; petals 2.5 x 1.5 mm, ovate, acute, glabrous, yellow with white margins; filaments 0.5 mm long, curved. Fruit berry, red to orange in colour, pericarp wrinkled, seeds 5-6, brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
300-600
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Localities:
Choodal, Koruthode, Varadimalai area, Kuruva Island, Ontangadi, Mukkali dam site, Chandanathode, Mukkali forests, Kappukadu
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