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Acalypha brachystachya
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Acalypha brachystachya Hornem., Cat. Hort. Hafn. Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol 992. 1809; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 416. 1887; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1330(930). 1925; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 243. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 391. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 363. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 279. 2002; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 124. 2007.
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Description:
Prostrate or procumbent herbs; stems striate, puberulus. Leaves simple, alternate, ovate, acute, rounded to cordate at base, 3-5-nerved from base, sparsely hairy; petiole 0.5-2 cm long. Racemes to 1.5 cm long, bisexual, axillary. Female flowers 1-4 at the base of the raceme, sessile; sepals 3-5, oblong, glandular-ciliate; styles 3, bifid above. Male flowers many, towards the upper part of raceme; perianth lobes glandular pubescent; stamens 8, free, on a dome-shaped receptacle. Capsule 2 x 2 mm, hispid; seeds ovoid with hilum at one end.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of shola forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and West Asia
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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):
Green, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
500-1500
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Localities:
Peechi, Mangaladevi, Vengoli, Valiyaparathode
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