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Argyreia leschenaultii
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia leschenaultii Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 35. 1834.
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Description:
Lianas; the stems woody below, herbaceous at the tips, with somewhat scattered reddish-brown trichomes either appressed or erect. Leaves alternate, 3.5-12 cm long, ovate, or ovate-lanceoalte, basally obtuse to rounded, apically acute, glabrous or remotely pubescent above, strigose to somewhat pubescent below. Inflorescence in dense pseudo-capitate cymose clusters, the peduncles shorter than the leaves; bracts oblong to oblong-ovate, obtuse or apiculate, pubescent. Pedicels up to 3 mm long, usually shorter. Sepals unequal, the outer 2, 5 mm long, the 3 inner 6-7 mm long, ovate, the apex obtuse, mucronulate, glabrous or remotely appressed pubescent. Corolla lavender, often with an almost white limb, the tube darker, funnel form, 4-5.5 cm long. Fruits baccate, ovoid, apiculate with the persistent style base, 15-20 mm long, yellow, glabrous; seeds 1-3, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-March
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests and scrub jungles
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Distribution:
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):
Blue, Pink
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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:
Western Ghats
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