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Adenia wightiana
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Family:
PASSIFLORACEAE
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Citation: Adenia wightiana (Wall. ex Wight & Arn.) Engl., Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 14: 376. 1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 525(371). 1919; Rao et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 11: 244. 1987; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 197. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 210. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 134. 1999.
Modecca wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 353. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 601. 1879.
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Description:
Glabrous vines, tendrils simple, coiled. Leaves to 12 x 10 cm, ovate or deeply 3-5-lobed, terminal lobe 12 x 10 cm, lanceolate, acute, base cordate, membranous, gland at the base of lamina; petiole to 3 cm. Flowers monoecious or polygamo-dioecious, white; calyx tube 3 mm, campanulate, lobes 1 mm; corolla lobes attached to the calyx lobes, 1 mm, oblong; ovary 2 mm, globose, style trifid, stigma papillose, ovules many. Capsule 3 valved, 4 cm across; seeds pitted.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lnaka
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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):
White
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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:
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Localities:
Palapetty, Nedumpoyil, Malampuzha
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