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Argyreia setosa
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Argyreia setosa (Roxb.) Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 43. 1834.
Lettsomia setosa Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 490. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 194. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 908(640). 1923.
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Description:
Large climbers. Leaves alternate, to 15 cm across, broadly ovate to orbicular, acute or acuminate, base cordate, sparsely hirsute; lateral nerves 10-14 pairs, oblique; petiole to 5 cm long. Flowers in axillary corybiform panicles; bracts densely strigose. Sepals ovate or orbicular, thick, strigose. Corolla tubular, inflated at mouth, pink. 3-4 cm long, lobes rounded, reflexed. Stamens 5, included. Berry red, fruiting calyx brown.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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, 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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