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Type: Article
Published: 2020-05-11
Page range: 121–127
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Eugenia sphaerocarpa (Myrtaceae), a new species from Western Ghats of Kerala, India

Botanical Survey of India, Southern Regional Centre, Coimbatore–641003.
BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE, INDIA
BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE, INDIA
BOTANICAL SURVEY OF INDIA, COIMBATORE, INDIA
Asia floral biology taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

Eugenia sphaerocarpa, from Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary of Kozhikode district in Kerala, India, is described and illustrated. It has some morphological similarities with Eugenia codyensis, but characteristically differs by having obconic hypanthium, round staminal disk and glossy lemon-yellow coloured fruits. Palynological studies evidenced that the new species have cryptic androdioecy, a feature that is reported in Indian Eugenia for the first time.