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Syzygium densiflorum
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium densiflorum Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 329. 1834; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 199. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 37. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 61. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 137. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 129. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 261. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 216. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 359. 2009.
Syzygium arnottianum (Wight) Walp., Rep. 2:180.1843. nom. superfl.; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 475(338). 1919; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 187. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 134. 1995; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 59. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 357. 2009.
Eugenia arnottiana Wight, Ill. Ind. Bot. 2: 17. 1841; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 483. 1878.
Eugenia benthamiana Wight ex Duthie in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 484. 1878.
Eugenia arnottiana (Walp.) Wight var. benthamiana Wight ex Duthie in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 484. 1878.
Syzygium benthamianum (Wight ex Duthie) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 478(338). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 199. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 137. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 257. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ayuri, Karayambuvu, Kuruthamaram, Kuruthal, Kurunjaval, Njaval, Pillanjaval
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 20 m high; bark surface blackish-grey, rough; branchlets terete. Leaves simple, opposite, 3.5-9 x 1.8-3.7 cm, elliptic, elliptic-lanceolate or elliptic-oblong, apex acuminate or caudate acuminate, base attenuate or acute, margin entire, glabrous, glandular punctate, coriaceous, olive-green when dry; petiole 3-20 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous; lateral nerves many, parallel, close, prominent, looped at the margin forming intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, creamy, 10-12 mm long, sessile, in dense clusters forming compact, terminal trichotomous cymes. Calyx tube to 5 mm, turbinate; lobes 4; no thick disc. Petals free, deciduous. Stamens many free, bent inwards at the middle in bud. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry, oblong-ovoid, dark purple, fleshy.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
Creamy
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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:
800-1880
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Localities:
Vellimala, Arjunankotta, Chokkampetti, Olikkudy, Kathiramudi, Valiyaparathode, Chemungi, Sabari hills, Minnampara forest, Vellarimala, Bonaccord
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