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Argostemma verticillatum
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Argostemma verticillatum Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 325. 1824 & Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2. t.185. 1831; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 43. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 590(417). 1921; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 216. 1996.
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Description:
Small herbs. Leaves in whorls of 3 or 4, mostly confined to the apex of stem, to 5 x 1 cm, linear-lanceolate, subsessile, membranous, glabrous; lateral nerves indistinct; stipules interpetiolar, entire or 0. Flowers 5-merous, 1.2 cm across, in terminal few flowered umbels, peduncles slender, shorter than the leaves. Calyx glabrous, lobes ovate-acute. Corolla white, lobes ovate-acuminate. Staminal filaments short, anthers connate, dehiscence by apical pores. Ovules many on projected placenta; style filiform; stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Thrissur, Kannur, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergeen forests
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Distribution:
South India, Himalayas, North East India and Myanmar
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar
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