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Tarenna nilagirica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Tarenna nilagirica (Bedd.) Bremek., Feddes Repert. 37: 197. 1934; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 145. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 238. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 244. 1990; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 84. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 452. 2009.
Pavetta nilagirica Bedd., For. Man. Bot. 134/8. 1872.
Webera nilagirica (Bedd.) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 108. 1880.
Stylocoryne nilagirica (Bedd.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 635(448). 1921.
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Description:
Shrubs, 5-6 m tall; young parts resinous. Leaves simple, opposite, 11-20 x 3.5-7.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, acuminate at apex, truncate at base, glabrous on both surfaces; petiole 1.2-1.6 cm long; stipules caducous. Flowers creamy-white, 4-5 cm long, in trichotomous, corymbose cymes; pedicels 4-5 mm long. Calyx-tube up to 3 mm long: lobes 5, up to 2 mm long, triangular. Corolla-tube to 1.5cm long; lobes 5, to 1.2 cm long, oblong, obtuse. Stamens 5, inserted near the mouth of corolla; filaments very short; anthers to 1 cm long, linear. Ovary bilocular with two ovules per locule; style up to 2.1 cm long, hairy, stigma fusiform.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-November
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Kannur, Palakkad, Wayanad
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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:
-1800
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Localities:
Punnamala, Valiyaparathode, Chandanathode, Ambayathode, Tirunalli, Vellarimala
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