Flora of the Nilgiris

Habit : A stout herb.

Habitat and Distribution : Occasionally found on dry forested slopes, gravelly soil and rock crevices, less in the plains. Foothills upto 1000m. Coromandel coast.

Indigenous Information : The fibre made from the leaves is very strong, used for tying brooms. The roots are used in medicinal preparations.

Field Tips : Leaves radical, fleshy, sessile, apex flat, gradually tapering, base sub terete. The green-grey leaves have white striations.

 

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Names:

Irula : Godu manji
Tamil : Mottamanji, Marul
Hindi : Marul

Flower:

In racemes, greenish, tinged purple. Flowering in two seasons from July-September and from December-January.

Fruit :

A large berry, globose, fleshy. Seeds 1-3. Fruiting from January-October.