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Abutilon neilgherrense
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Family:
MALVACEAE
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Citation: Abutilon neilgherrense Munro ex Wight, Illustr. 1: 66. 1840; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 91(66). 1915; T.K. Paul in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 267. 1993; Sivar. & Pradeep, Malvac. Southern Peninsular India 198. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 33. 1999; M. Mohanan & A.V.N. Rao in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 379. 2005.
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Description:
Large shrubs, with simple and stellate hairs. Leaves to 16 x 15 cm, broadly ovate-cordate, apex acuminate, base cordate, margins serrate, glaucous beneath; petiole to 15 cm. Cymes axillary; peduncles to 5 cm; pedicels to 3 cm, jointed above the middle. Schizocarp 8-10 lobed, 1.5 cm across, subglobose, black, densely pubescent on the angles, minutely hairy between mericarps, mucronate to 1 mm.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
No
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Garden:
No
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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Endemic to:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Manala
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