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Symplocos macrophylla ssp. microphylla
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos macrophylla Wall. ex A. DC ssp. microphylla (Wight) Nooteb., Rev. Symplocac. 229. 1975; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 233. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 504. 2009.
Symplocos microphylla Wight, Ic. t. 1232.1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:581.1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 748(551). 1921.
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Description:
Shrubs; young branches fulvous-tomentose. Leaves oblong or obovate, obtuse or emarginate at apex, minutely serrulate; lateral nerves 4 or 5 pairs, thinly hairy below, yellowish green when dry; petiole 3 mm long, tomentose. Spike 2 cm long, unbranched, 4-8-flowered, fulvous-tomentose. Flowers sessile; sepals 3 x 3 mm, obtuse, hairy; corolla 8 mm across, glabrous, lobes 5 mm long, oblong, obtuse; stamens 40-50, free, attached at the base of 6he corolla; disk glabrous; ovary hairy at apex. Drupe 12 x 5 mm, oblong, glabrous, curved, yellow.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
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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:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sunderamala
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