Trees & Plants

Pemphis

Kuredhi, Keredhi

Pemphis acidula J.R.Forst. &

Very common. & G.Forst. It is an important component of the coastal vegetation especially in the uninhabited islands. The hard and heavy wood is of multipurpose use, ranging from ship construction to walking canes, fence posts, tool handles and anchors. It is an ideal plant for m

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uses: The hard and heavy wood is of multipurpose use, ranging from ship construction to walking canes, fence posts, tool handles and anchors. It is an ideal plant for making bonsai. The young leaves are known to have antiscorbutic properties. The roots are used to stop haemorrhage after childbirth. ×
family: Lythraceae
synonym: Lythrum pemphis L., Melanium It fruticosum Spreng.
description: Shrubs to small trees. Leaves × opposite, 1.5-3 0.7- cm, oblong-obovate, obtuse at apex, acute to cuneate at base, Th clothed in pale prostrate hairs on both the surfaces; lateral nerves 3-5 pairs; petiole 2-3 mm long, grooved on the upper side. Flowers axillary, solitary; hypanthium 3-4 mm long, longitudinally ribbed, lobes 6, alternating with 6 small appendages. Petals 4-5 mm long, pink, obovate, wrinkled. Stamens 12, alternately long and short. Ovary 3-locular at the base and 1-locular towards the apex; × stigma globular. Fruits 5-6 4-5 mm, × nearly globose; seeds numerous, about 3 2 mm, angular-cuneate, margined.
native range: Asia-Pacific region
distribution: Paleotropics
english names: Pemphis · Shrubby coral pemphis · Coastal iron wood
flowering fruiting: October – December
occurrence maldives: Very common. & G.Forst. It is an important component of the coastal vegetation especially in the uninhabited islands.