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Alchemilla indica
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Family:
ROSACEAE
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Citation: Alchemilla indica Gard., Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 8: 8. 1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 361. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 444(314). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 95. 1988.
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Description:
Decumbent, silky herb from an erect woody rootstock, covered with sheathing leaf-bases; branchlets pilose. Leaves alternate, orbicular, 2.5 cm wide, 6-9-lobed, margins serrate, pilose above, denser below; petiole 1 cm; stipules adnate to petiole and sheathing; cauline leaves smaller, all plicate in bud. Cymes corymbose, to 6 cm long, axillary; bracts numerous; bracteoles 4-5. Flowers small. Epicalyx present. Calyx-tube campanulate; lobes 4 + 4; disk adnate to calyx, prominent. Petals 0. Stamens 4, inserted on the calyx-rim. Pistil 1, enclosed in calyx; style basal; stigma capitate. Achene 1, enclosed in hard hypanthium.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats and Sri Lanka
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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):
Green
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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:
Sispara
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