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Aeginetia pedunculata
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Family:
OROBANCHACEAE
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Citation: Aeginetia pedunculata Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 13.t.219.1831; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:320. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 974(685). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 289. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 265. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 323. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 329. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 333. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 253. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 327. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 226. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 480. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 285. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 218. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 489. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 591. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Yellow Ghost Flower
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Rootstock erect, glabrous or scabrid. Scapes branched, 10-20 cm long, glabrous, pink or brownish yellow. Flowers many; calyx 4 cm long, split along one side, puberulus, acute. pale orange; corolla 6 cm long, 4 cm across; tube widening above, yellowish pink; lobes rounded, deep purple to blue; sterile anthers with fleshy acute horn; stigma peltate, very prominent, glabrous, white.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
Yes
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Flower colour(s):
Blue, Violet
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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:
500-800
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Kulathupuzha, Mangaladevi, Karimala, Chandanathode, on way to Mattanur, Taliparamba, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Boneccord, Ampumala, Ariankavu, Karamanayar region
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