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Antigonon leptopus
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Family:
POLYGONACEAE
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Citation: Antigonon leptopus Hook. & Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy. 308. t. 69. 1841; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 247. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 333. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 314. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 339. 1989; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 380. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 678. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 391. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 599. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 678. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thenpoovalli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Coral Creeper, Coral Vine, Corallita, Mexican Coral Vine, Mexican creeper, Pink Vine, Sandwich Island Creeper
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Description:
Woody climber, with tuberous root, stem angular, glabrescent. Leaves alternate, blade 3-8 cm long, 1.5-5 cm broad, hastate-ovate, triangular or cordate-ovate, simple, hairy above, densely towards margin, glabrescent below; petiole 1-2 cm long. Inforescence a raceme ending into a branched tendril. Flowers showy; pedicel 3-8 mm long with sparsely spreading simple hairs. Perianth segments 5, bright pink, 6-15 mm long, 3-7 mm broad, very reticulately veined. Stamens 8, 3-7 mm long, sparsely hairy throughout; anthers oblong. Carpels 3; ovary ovoid, trigonous, glabrous, 3-4 mm long; styles 3 with capitate stigma. Nut c.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plants, now getting naturalised in wastelands
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Distribution:
Native of South America, widely grown in gardens
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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):
Pink
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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:
Yes
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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:
Cannanore, Tellicherry, Kasaragod, Alleppey town
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