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Arisaema psittacus
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Arisaema psittacus Barnes in Hook., Icon. Pl. ser. 5, 5: t. 3405. 1940; Chatterjee, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 8: 131. 1959; Narayanan et al., Rheedea 7: 101. 1997.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pambucholam
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English name(s):
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Description:
Tuberous herbs, dioecious; corm to 3.5 cm across, subglobose; petiole to 65 cm long, green with purplish mottlings. Leaves digitate compound, leaflets 8-10, to 20 x 5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, base cuneate, apex caudate-acuminate, dark green above, light and glossy below. Spathe to 18 x 4 cm, tip caudate acuminate, recurved, tube striped with green and white; limb hemispherical to 15 x 4 cm. Spadix 8 cm long; appendix to 5 cm. Male flowers purplish; female flowers deep green; ovaries ovoid.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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):
Purple
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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:
Near Threatened (NT)
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