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Syzygium bourdillonii
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium bourdillonii (Gamble) Rathkr. & N.C. Nair, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 4: 287. 1983; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 179. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 187. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 121. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 137. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 392. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 258. 2002.
Jambosa bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1918: 239. 1918 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 414(335). 1919.
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Description:
Trees, to 10 m high. Leaves simple, opposite, estipulate; petiole 3-5 mm, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lamina 8-12 x 3-4 cm, elliptic, lanceolate, elliptic-oblanceolate or elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate or acute, apex acuminate or obtusely acuminate, margin entire, glabrous, chartaceous, glandular-punctate; lateral nerves 8-10 pairs, parallel, very prominent beneath, looped near the margin forming intramarginal nerve; intercostae reticulate, faint. Flowers bisexual, white, in terminal few flowered cymes; pedicel 5 mm long, subtetragonal; calyx tube campanulate, ca.1 cm; lobes 4, round, 3 mm long, recurved, persistent, furnished with thickened staminal disc; petals 4, orbicular, gland-dotted; stamens many, free, longer than the petals, bent inwards in the middle regularly when in bud, later unfolding; ovary inferior, 2-celled, many ovuled; style slender, hairy; stigma slightly acute. Fruit a berry, apparently small, crowned by the calyx tube and thickened disc.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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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):
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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
500-1000
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Localities:
Kallar, Chokkampetti, Merchiston, Attayar
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