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Adenocalymna alliaceum
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Adenocalymna alliaceum Miers., Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. ser. 3, 7:394.1861; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 603. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Vellullichedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Garlic plant
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Description:
A woody climber up to 10-15 m tall, the stem in cross-section exhibiting the wood-bundles in the form of a cross. Leaves opposite, compound, each consisting of a pair of stalked leaflets and a compound tendril with small clinging discs; leaflets oblong or elliptic, subacuminate at apex, entire, narrowed to a cordeate base; petioles 1-2 cm long. Flowers borne in fascicles, reddish or violet, calyx 0.5-0.8 cm long, corolla tube 5 cm long, widely tubular above a narrowed base. Fruits elongate, linear, flattened, 15-20 cm long. Seeds flat, broadly winged at each side, 3 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-February
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical America
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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):
Violet, Pink
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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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