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Arisaema murrayi
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema murrayi (Graham) Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 4388. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 507. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1585(1106). 1931; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 129. 1959; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 332. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 34. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 485. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 753. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 473. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 366. 2002.
Arum murrayi Graham, Cat. Pl. Bombay 229. 1839.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pambucholam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Murray's Cobra Lily
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Description:
Corm to 2.5 cm across. Leaflets 5-6, elliptic or elliptic-lanceolate, apex acute, base cuneate, membranous, 10-17 x 4-6 cm; petiole sheathing, 20-40 cm long. Peduncles as long as the petiole; spathe greenish, to 10 cm long, base tubular, to 3 x 1.5 cm; limb 6 x 5 cm, green with white streaks, reddish along margins. Spadix 6 cm long; sterile appendages as long as spathe or shortly exserted. Berry obovoid, 3 or 4-angled at apex, 6 x 5 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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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):
Green
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellimala, Karimalagopuram, Nadugani ghats
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