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Symplocos monantha
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Family:
SYMPLOCACEAE
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Citation: Symplocos monantha Wight, Ic. t. 1236. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 581. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 784(551). 1921; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 245. 1984; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 235. 1998.
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets tomentose. Leaves to 5 x 2 cm, ovate, acuminate, serrate, coriaceous; nerves obscure, glabrous; petiole 5 mm long, thinly hairy. Flowers sessile or shortly pedicelled, axillary; bracts ovate, hairy; sepals 1.5 mm long, triangular, acute, ciliate; corolla lobes 4 x 3 mm, united at base, obtuse, glabrous; stamens 30-40 in 5-6 bundles, attached at the base of the corolla; disk 5 lobed, thinly hairy; ovary hairy at apex. Drupe 12 x 5 mm, ovoid, truncate at apex, white.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki
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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:
Vellimala, Mlappara
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