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Syzygium calcadense
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium calcadense (Bedd.) Chandrash., Biol. Membr. Abstr. 2: 57. 1977.
Eugenia calcadensis Bedd., Fl. Sylv. S. India 110. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 484(342). 1919; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 135. 1998; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 165. 2000.
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Description:
Trees, to 6 m high; bark smooth, white. Leaves opposite, to 3-4 x 2.5 cm, obovate, abruptly acuminate, base attenuate into the petiole; nerves 8-10 pairs, irregular, faint, intramarginal veins obscure; petiole 5-6 mm long, slender. Cymes terminal, corymbose, 5-6 cm across, branchlets slender, dichotomous, densely tomentose; pedicels 12 mm long, slender. Flowers 2.5 cm across; bracteoles to 5 x 1 mm, adpressed to the calyx tube, lanceolate, tomentose. Calyx tube 4 x 4 mm, obovoid, densely adpressed-tomentose; lobes 5 x 5 mm, orbicular, obtuse. Petals white, 10 mm across, orbicular, concave, ciliate; filaments 7-14 mm long, slender, reflexed in bud. Staminal disk not prominent, tomentose.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
300-700
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Kottamala
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