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Acranthera anamallica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Acranthera anamallica Bedd., Ic. t. 25. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:93.1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 611(431). 1921; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 146. 2002.
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Description:
Herbs. Leaves 12-15 x 3-5 cm, obovate, apex acute, base attenuate, pubescent on veins beneath, sparsely hairy above; petiole 2-3 cm long, stipules ovate, acute, 5-8 x 3 cm. Cymes terminal, sessile; bracts ca 5 mm, linear. Flowers blue, pedicel 2-3 cm; calyx cup shaped, lobes 5, ca. 8 mm, obovate, glabrous within; corolla 2.5-3.5 cm, tawny villous outside, lobes 5, broadly oblong; stamens 5, included in the corolla tube, filaments ca 2 cm; ovary 1-celled, style ca 2 cm, filiform, stigma clavate. Berry oblong.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Blue
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Valiyathode
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