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Syzygium gardneri
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Family:
MYRTACEAE
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Citation: Syzygium gardneri Thw., Enum. Pl. Zeyl. 117. 1859; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 479(339). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 180. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 188. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 135. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 32. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 181. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 122. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 264. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 137. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 121. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 262. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 359. 2009.
Eugenia gardneri (Thw.) Bedd., For. Man. Bot. 108. 1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 489. 1878.
Eugenia cymosa Lam. var. rostrata Duthie in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 482. 1878.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ayiri, Anaayiri, Aattunjaval, Karinjaval, Karinyaral, Kattayiri, Kattunjara, Kattunjaval, Tholnjaval
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English name(s):
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Description:
Evergreen trees, to 30 m high, bark 8-10 mm thick, surface yellowish-white, granulated, peeling off in small flakes; outer part of the inner bark fibrous, pale pink; branches slender, terete. Leaves simple, opposite, 5-10 x 2.5-5 cm, elliptic, elliptic-ovate or ovate-lanceolate, apex caudate-acuminate, base acute, margin entire, glabrous and glossy, membranous; petiole 10-15 mm long, slender, grooved above, glabrous, pellucid-dotted; lateral nerves many, slender, parallel, very close, prominent, looped near the margin forming distinct intramarginal nerve, intercostae reticulate, prominent. Flowers bisexual, 4-5 mm across, white, in axillary and terminal trichotomous cymes, branches slender, divaricate nearly at right angles; pedicels 2-5 mm long. Calyx tube 2 x 3 mm, turbinate, lobes 4, obtuse, obscure; disc obscure. Petals calyptrate. Stamens many, free, bent inwards at the middle when in bud; filaments 4 mm long. Ovary inferior, 2-celled, ovules many; style 1; stigma simple. Fruit a berry 5-8 mm across, ovoid, rarely globose, purple.
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Habit:
Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-800
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Localities:
Peechi, Kallar, Rosemala, Inchippara, Mlappara, Arjunankotta, Kottayali, Vengoli, Pezha, Ponmudi, Merchiston, Thalichola, Kulathupuzha, Attayar
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