Botanical name: Amomum cannicarpum (Wight) Benth. ex Baker Local name: Kattuperalam Habitat: Evergreen forests Flowering & fruiting: March to May Distribution: Western Ghats Description: leafy stem with 2-3 m length and it is erect, straight and loosely clumped. The rootstock is horizontal and much branched. The flowers are one or two in a bract; obtuse […]
Botanical name: Cucumis silentvalleyi (Manilal, Sabu& Mathew) Ghebret. & Thulin. Local name: Kattuvellari Habitat: Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests Flowering & fruiting: July to November Distribution: Southern Western Ghats (Kerala) Description: It is a Creeper with scabrid stems. The Leaves are of 4.5 x 5.5 cm long, obtusely 5-angular, cordate at base crenate and scabrid. […]
Botanical name: Syzygium lanceolatum (Lam.) Wight & Arn. Local name: Kattunjaval Habitat: Evergreen and shola forests Flowering & fruiting: April to November Distribution: South India and Sri Lanka Description: Trees of about 12 m high, the bark are grayish-brown in color. The Leaves are simple and opposite. The Fruit is berry with 10-12 mm long. […]
Botanical name: Syzygium munronii (Wight) Chandrab. Local name: Malamchamba Habitat: Evergreen forests Flowering & fruiting: November to May Distribution: Western Ghats Description: It is mostly seen as large shrubs or small trees. Leaves is simple, opposite, decussate and the petiole is 0.4-0.8 cm long, canaliculate, base cordate or subcordate, margin entire, chartaceous to coriaceous, pellucid […]