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Abroma augusta
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Family:
STERCULIACEAE
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Citation: Abroma augusta (L.) L. f., Suppl. Pl. 341. 1781; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 375. 1874; K.C. Malick in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 409. 1993.
Theobroma augusta L., Syst. Nat. (ed. 12) 1: 233. 1766.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
Ulatkambal
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English name(s):
Devil's cotton
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Description:
Large shrub or small tree, 2-4 m tall; branches downy. Leaves 10-20 (-30) x 5-15 (-25) cm; ovate-lanceolate, ovate-oblong, cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, repand-denticulate, glabrescent above, tomentose beneath; petioles 1.5-2.5 cm long; stipules linear, as long as the petiole, deciduous. Flowers few in leaf-opposed, subterminal or axillary peduncled cymes, 5 cm in diameter. Sepals ca 2 x 0.6 cm, lanceolate, connate at base, persistent. Petals ca 2.8 x 1.2 cm with hooded ca 5 mm long claw and spoon- shaped lamina, claws hairy outside. Stamens 3 in each group in the sinus; staminodes ca 2x1 mm, hairy, emarginate. Ovary 2.5-3 x 2 mm, oblong, 5- lobed, sessile; styles ca 2 mm long. Capsules 3.5-4 cm long, obpyramidal, membranous, 5-angled, truncate at apex, septicidally 5-valved, valves villous at the edge; seeds many, ca 3 x 2 mm, obovate.
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Habit:
Shrub to Small Tree
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
North east India to Malesia and Micronesia
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
No
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Saprophyte:
No
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Stem parasite:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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