Ardisia blatteri Gamble

 
  • Family : MYRSINACEAE
    (Myrsine Family)
  • Family (Hindi name) : VIDANGA FAMILY (विडंग फैमिली)
  • Family (as per The APG System III) : Primulaceae
  • Species Name (as per The IPNI) : Ardisia blatteri Gamble
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Habitat : Shola, Tropical evergreen forests
  • Comments / notes : Restricted to Megamalai and Agastyamalai hills in the Shola at elevations about 1500 m.
  • Flower, Fruit : October-December
  • Distribution :
    • Kerala : Idukki district, Kollam district
    • Tamil Nadu : Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary, Theni district
  • Endemism : Southern Western Ghats
  • World Distribution : India
  • Conservation Status : Endangered (EN)
  • Literature :
    • Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI
    • Ravichandran, V. 2016. Taxonomic and Phytogeographical investigation on endemic plants of Western Ghats with special reference to Megamalai Wildlife Sanctuary of Tamil Nadu (Ph.D. thesis work)
    • Navendu Page (2017). Endemic woody plants of the Western Ghats
  • Read more :
  • Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Deepak Kumar (2024). India Flora Online. http://indiafloraonline-ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Ardisia blatteri. Downloaded on 11 October 2024.

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