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Argyreia populifolia
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia populifolia Choisy in DC., Prodr. 9: 329.1845; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:187.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 907(637). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 298. 1988; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 468. 2002.
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Description:
Cilmbing shrubs, stem glabrous, younger parts sparsely pubescent. Leaves alternate, 8-20 x 5-15 cm, broadly ovate, acute to shortly acuminate at apex, cordate to round at base, glabrous or sparsely hairy above, densely pubescent below. Flowers in dense axillary corymbose many-flowered cymes; peduncles 8-12 cm long; pedicels 0.8-1 cm long. Bracts leafy, varying in size, 1.5-4 x 0.3-2 cm, ovate to linear lanceolate. Sepals 5, 0.5-0.6 x 0.4-0.5 cm, sparsely hairy without. Corolla funnel-shaped, pinkish white; tube 3-4 cm long; limb spreading, 4-6 cm across. Berry globose, 1-1.5 cm diam; seeds 2-4. Calyx accrescent in fruits.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-January
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District(s):
Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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, Rose
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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:
400-1000
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Localities:
Kannoth, Athirumala, Amburi, Meenmutty
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