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Amorphophallus nicolsonianus
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Amorphophallus nicolsonianus Sivad., Pl. Syst. Evol. 153: 165. 1986; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 330. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26, 34; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 483. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 356. 1997; Biju in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 167. 1999; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 230. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 752. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 902. 2009.
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Description:
Corm oblong or subcylindrical. Leaves to 30 cm long; leaflets ovate or oblong, acum-inate, base acute or obtuse, glabrous, glossy above, to 15 x 5 cm; subsessile or shortly petiol-ulate. Peduncle terete, to 20 cm long, spathe ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, to 10 x 3 cm, greenish-brown, basally convolute; spadix sessile, slightly longer than the spathe, flowers confined towards the base 1/3 portion; sterile appendix narrowly cylindric, tapering to the apex.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kannur, Wayanad, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
600-800
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Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Thariode Forest, Periya, Manantody, Walakkad, Bonaccord
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