Flowering class: Dicot
Habit: Shrub
🗒 Synonyms
| synonym | Ixora nunypapata Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. |
| synonym | Ixora paniculata Lam. |
| synonym | Ixora velutina Wall., nom. nud. |
| synonym | Pavetta alba Vahl |
| synonym | Pavetta brunonis Wight, nom. illeg. |
| synonym | Pavetta cerniflora Zipp. ex Span. |
| synonym | Pavetta indica var. glabra Blatt. & Hallb. |
| synonym | Pavetta obtusa Pers. |
| synonym | Pavetta thomsonii Bremek. |
| synonym | Pavetta thomsonii var. glaberrima Bremek., nom. inval. |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Description
Habit: Shrub/small tree
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Shrubs; branchlets glabrescent. Leaves 7-11 x 3-4 cm, ovate-elliptic or oblanceolate, base acute-attenuate, apex acuminate, chartaceous, glabrous; petiole to 1.8 cm long. Corymb terminal. Calyx minutely 4-toothed, to 3 mm long. Corolla white; tube c. 1.5 cm long, slender, sparsely pilose within; lobes obovate. Stamens 4, between the lobes, exserted; anthers linear-oblong. Ovule solitary; style slender, exserted; stigma fusiform. Berry 6-9 mm across, globose, black when ripe.
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Miscellaneous Details
Notes: Dry Evergreen to Dry Deciduous Forests
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Evergreen forests, scrub jungles and sacred groves
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Description
Global Distribution
India and Sri Lanka
Indian distribution
State - Kerala, District/s: Palakkad, Kottayam, Kozhikkode, Alappuzha, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Wayanad
Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi
| Attributions | Dr. N Sasidharan (Dr. B P Pal Fellow), Kerala Forest Research Institute, Peechi |
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| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
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Karnataka: Chikmagalur, Coorg, Hassan, Mysore, N. Kanara, Shimoga
Kerala: Alapuzha, Kasaragod, Kollam, Kottayam, Kozhikode, Malapuram, Palakkad, Pathanamthitta
Tamil Nadu: All districts
G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram
| Attributions | G. Renu, Sanjana Julias Thilakar, D. Narasimhan, Centre for Floristic Research, Department of Botany, Madras Christian College, Tambaram |
| Contributors | |
| Status | UNDER_CREATION |
| Licenses | CC_BY |
| References |
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📚 Occurrence
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📚 Demography and Conservation
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Pavetta indica L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753, var. indica; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633(446). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 146. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 217. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 202. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 200. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 345. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 242. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 174. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 345. 1997; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 118. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 81. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 158. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 262. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 362. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 440. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
Information Listing > References
- Pavetta indica L., Sp. Pl. 110. 1753, var. indica; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 150. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 633(446). 1921; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 146. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 217. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 202. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 200. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 345. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 242. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 174. 1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 345. 1997; Rout & Deb, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 41: 118. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 81. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 158. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 262. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 362. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 440. 2009.
- Flora of Tamil Nadu, VOL. II, 1987
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🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Plantae |
| Phylum | Tracheophyta |
| Class | Magnoliopsida |
| Order | Gentianales |
| Family | Rubiaceae |
| Genus | Pavetta |
| Species | Pavetta indica L. |
| Infraspecies | Pavetta indica indica |
📊 Temporal Distribution
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