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Lasianthus cyanocarpus
Lasianthus cyanocarpus is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae. It is a tropical understory shrub distributed across parts of South and Southeast Asia, including India, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines.
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Description
Lasianthus cyanocarpus is an evergreen shrub or small understory plant typically occurring in moist tropical forests. The species bears opposite leaves with entire margins and interpetiolar stipules characteristic of the genus Lasianthus. The inflorescences are axillary, with small white tubular flowers. The fruits are fleshy berries that become bluish to dark blue on maturity, a feature reflected in the specific epithet cyanocarpus, meaning "blue-fruited".
Range & habitat
Lasianthus cyanocarpus occurs in tropical evergreen and semi-evergreen forests, often in shaded understory habitats. In India it has been recorded from the Western Ghats, northeastern India, and the Andaman Islands. The species is also widely distributed in Sri Lanka and throughout Malesia.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The fleshy fruits are likely dispersed by birds and small mammals, as in many other species of Lasianthus. The plant forms part of the shaded forest understory vegetation in humid tropical ecosystems.
Wikipedia: “Ecology”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 426994.