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Asparagus fysonii
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Family:
LILIACEAE
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Citation:
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect armed shrubs; stem erect, tall, smooth; branchlets grooved; spines straight, long; cladodes 4-12-nate, triquetrous, acuminate, .16-.35 inch long. Leaves reduced to minute, distinctly spinous. Flowers white, small or minute, 1-2 together, solitary, clustered or umbelled, not racemed, pedicels jointed above the middle. Perianth petaloid, campanulate, 6-partite. Stamens 6, on the bases of the perianth-segments; filaments free; anthers oblong. Ovary 3-celled, 3-gonous; ovules 2 or more in each cell; style 1, columnar; stigmas 3. Fruit a globose, pulpy berry; seeds 1-6, testa black, brittle; embryo dorsal.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Amakkundu, Sispara
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