Lasianthus acuminatus Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 511 (1846) (syn: Lasianthus acuminatus Wight ex Hook.f.; Mephitidia acuminata (Wight) Walp.; Nonatelia acuminata (Wight) Kuntze);
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S. India as per POWO;
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Common name: Tapering-Leaf Lasianthus • Malayalam: Moottumaram, Peenari
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Large shrubs. Leaves to 9 x 4 cm, elliptic, oblong, apiculate, glabrous; nerves 4 pairs, prominent; nervules closely parallel; petiole 5-7 mm long; stipule triangular, acute, glabrous. Flowers 1-3 together, sessile; calyx lobes acute, triangular, villous; corolla 8 mm long, tube slender, lobes ovate, obtuse, densely villous. Drupe 5 x 5 mm, globose, glabrous.
Flowering and fruiting: May-November
Evergreen and shola forests
Southern Western Ghats
(Attributions: Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi as per India Biodiversity Portal)
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Lasianthus acuminatus images: 4 high res. images.
Here are images of Lasianthus acuminatus. Observed in Agumbe, Karnataka.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/siddarthmachado/29177666595/
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Your Lasianthus acuminatus images: 2 high res. images.
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Location: Eravikulam Rajamalai Munnar Idukki Kerala INDIA
Altitude: 4500fsl
Flower date: 13MAY2023, 04.50pm
Habitat: wild moisture rocky evergreen misty windy sloppy canopied alpine
Plant habit: shrub/tree, erect branches, hard woody cylindrical stem 07 inches base circumference, rough brownish bark
Height: 02 meters
Leaves: opposite elliptic acute leathery smooth glossy wavy, size upto: 09×5cm, greenish yellow sprouts
Flower: axillary buds, 04 petals, diameter:07mm, whitish, fragrant
Fruit: green into brown globular
Seed: black globular nice
Camera: CANON EOS1500D +FL10x
Lasianthus acuminatus Wight
Yes, it is Lasianthus acuminatus, …, thank you very much for ID my plant
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