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Alternanthera tenella var. tenella
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Family:
AMARANTHACEAE
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Citation: Alternanthera tenella Colla, Mem. Reale Acad. Sci. Torino 33: 131. 1820, var. tenella; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 667. 1990; Sivar. et al., Indian J. For. 7: 49. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 334. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 255. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 406. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 592. 2009.
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Description:
Prostrate herbs, stem white villous. Leaves 3-4.5 x 2 cm, elliptic-oblong, apex sub-acute, hairy above, subsessile, ovoid. Head axillary, to 4, ovoid, sessile; bracts and bracteoles ca 2.5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate, spinescent; tepals outer 3 ca 4 mm, lanceolate, spinescent, inner two smaller; fertile stamens 5, filaments 1.5 mm, anthers oblong, pseudostaminodes strap shaped, longer than the filaments; ovary ovoid, style short. Seeds brownish, discoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Alappuzha, Ernakulam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Plantations and wastelands
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Distribution:
Tropics and subtropics
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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:
Yes
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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:
Vellanikkara, Thunakkadavu, Tiruvalla, Chengannur, Cochin
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