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Ammannia octandra
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Family:
LYTHRACEAE
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Citation: Ammannia octandra L.f., Suppl. Pl. 127. 1782.
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Description:
Herbs to 50 cm high. Leaves opposite, 4.5 x 0.7 cm, oblong-lanceolate, chartaceous, glabrous, base auriculate-subcordate, margin entire, apex acuminate. Cymes simple, axillary; pedicel to 1 mm. Flowers 7 mm across. Calyx-tube 4 mm, angular, margins sharp; lobes 4, 1 mm. Petals 4, red with a darker midnerve, orbicular, 4 mm, fugacious, crumpled. Stamens 4+4, inserted at different levels on calyx-tube; filaments to 6 mm. Ovary 1.5 mm, 4-celled; style 5 mm. Capsule 4.5 mm, equalling the thick calyx-tube; seeds turgid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-May
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Marshy areas
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
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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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