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Arisaema nilamburense
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema nilamburense Sivad., Aroideana 6: 37. 1983; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 332. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 753. 1997; Sivad. in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 237. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 905. 2009.
Arisaema auriculatum Barnes, Kew Bull. 1946: 44. 1946, non Buchet, 1911; nec Smith, 1914; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 121. 1959.
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Description:
Corms to 2 cm across. Leaf radiatisect, lobes 5-6, to 16 x 8 cm, ovate to elliptic, acuminate, base cuneate, membranous; petiole to 45 cm, base sheathing the peduncle. Inflorescence appear along with leaves; peduncle to 16 cm; spathe c. 7 cm long; greenish purple, limb caudate-acuminate, incurved, c. 5 cm long; spadix, c. 9 cm long, bent at the tip; male flowers scattered at base in male spadix, stamens 4, reniform; female flowers crowded at base; neuters few above the female; ovary oblong, truncate at apex with sessile stigma.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-September
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District(s):
Malappuram, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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, White
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Damsite, Karimpuzha
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