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Adenosma malabaricum
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Family:
SCROPHULARIACEAE
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Citation: Adenosma malabaricum Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 264. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 949(666). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 314. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 277. 1989.
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Description:
Erect herb, 25 cm tall. Leaves ovate to ovate- oblong, crenulate, up to 3 cm long, 1.5cm broad; petiole .2 cm. Flowers axillary below, uppermost in leafy heads; 3 outer sepals in fruit lanceolate, one rather larger, hirsute, 2 inner subulate-lanceolate; calyx lobes 1-7 cm long, lanceolate, hirsute; corolla 2-lipped, the tube cylindric; upper lip erect, entire or notched, outermost in bud; lower spreading, 3-lobed. Stamens 4, didynamous. Capsules c. 1.5 cm long, ellipsoid; seeds minutely dotted in lines.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kannur, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Banks of streams
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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):
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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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kannoth
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