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Argyreia osyrensis
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia osyrensis (Roth) Choisy, Mem. Soc. Phys. Geneve 6: 427. 1843 'orixensis'; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 205. 2002.
Ipomoea osyrensis Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 117. 1821.
Lettsomia aggregata Roxb. var. osyrensis (Roth) Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 191. 1883.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs, branchlets white, tomentose. Leaves 5-10 x 4-8 cm, broadly ovate, apex acute, base subcordate, thinly pubescent above and tawny tomentose below; petiole to 4 cm, tomentose. Cymes densely white tomentose, peduncle 5-8 cm, bracts sub-orbicular; calyx 5, unequal, ovate, to 8 x 5 mm; corolla 1 cm, pink, tube to 1.5 cm; stamens exerted; ovary 2-locular, cell 2-ovuled, style 2 cm. Berry ca 1 cm across, red, enclosed by ovate-orbicular bracts.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of grasslands
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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, Violet
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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:
Kuchimudi
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