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Argyreia daltonii
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia daltonii Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 190. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 907(637). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 263. 1998.
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Description:
Slender climbers; stem adpressed-hairy. Leaves to 14 x 6 cm, ovate, acute, thinly pubescent below, glabrous above; nerves 6 pairs, oblique, reticulate; petiole 1-3 cm long. Cymes axillary, peduncles stout; bracts 1.5-2 cm long, leaf-like. Flowers few; pedicels 0.5 cm long; sepals 4 mm long, ovate, obtuse, inner smaller, acute; corolla 4 cm long, 3 cm across; pink, glabrous. Berry 1.5 cm across.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of grasslands and shola forests
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Distribution:
South India
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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, Red
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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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pachakkanam
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