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Andrographis explicata
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Andrographis explicata (Clarke) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1049(736). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 292. 1998.
Andrographis viscosula Nees var. explicata Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 504. 1884.
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Description:
Erect woody undershrubs, ca. 1 m high; stems glabrous. Leaves to 15 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, strigose; nerves 7-10 pairs; petiole 2 cm long. Panicle 10-30 x 20 cm, pyramidal; branches glandular-strigose; bracts and bracteoles minute. Flowers many; calyx lobes 4.5 mm long, lanceolate, subulate, glandular hairy; corolla 20 mm long, tube gradually broadening above, not or slightly bellied; upper lip 2-lobed, dark-purple; lobes of lower lip equal, obtuse, hairy; anthers acute at base, glabrous, filaments attached near the base of the corolla, glabrous; style puberulus. Capsule 25 x 4 mm, linear-oblong, hairy, retinacula acute; seeds 12.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Karadikkavala
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