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Ammannia auriculata
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Family:
LYTHRACEAE
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Citation: Ammannia auriculata Willd., Enum. Hort. Berol. 1: 7. t.7. 1803; Vasudevan, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 10: 238. 1968; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 191. 1988.
Ammannia senegalensis sensu Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 570. 1879, p.p., non Lam. 1791.
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Description:
Plant 12-40 cm tall, erect or decumbent. Stem usually unbranched. Leaves linear-lanceolate, auriculate, 6-60 mm long, 1.75-8 mm broad. Cymes (1-) 2-3(-13) flowered; peduncle (1.5-) 2-4(-6) mm long. Pedicel 1-4 mm long. Hypanthium 1.5-3 mm long, 1.25-3.5 mm broad, vertically 8-10-green-ribbed; ribs obscure in fruit. Epicalyx minute. Petals obovate-cuneate or absent. Stamens inserted above the middle of the hypanthium. Ovary 1-2 mm long, 1-2 mm broad; style 1-1.75 mm long. Capsule slightly exceeding the hypanthium, 2-3 mm long and 2-3 mm agasthyanum broad. Seeds discoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Paddy fields
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
Red, Pink
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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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Altitude:
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Localities:
Tellicherry
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