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Asystasia chelonoides
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Asystasia chelonoides Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 89. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 493. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1063(744). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 222. 1982; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 202. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 232. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 230. 1999; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 504. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 375. 2005.
Asystasia chelonoides Nees var. quadrangularis Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 494. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1063(744). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 300. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 343. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 343. 1994.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Murikootipacha
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Large herbs, sparsely puberulus. Leaves to 10 x 4.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, apex shortly acuminate, base acute, membranous; petiole to 4 cm. Racemes terminal, one sided, to 5 cm; pedicels to 1 cm; bracts 2 mm, bracteoles 2, calyx lobes 5 mm, lanceolate, pubescent; corolla tube 2.5 cm, lobes 1 cm; filaments 9 mm, hairy towards the apex; ovary 3 mm, hairy, style 2 cm long. Capsule 3 mm, elliptic with a contracted solid base.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Wet areas in deciduous forests and along the sides of water courses
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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, Pink
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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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Endemic to:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
700-1400
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Pandimotta, Kurukku, Damsite, Valiyaparathode, Arampa, Kottur R.F., Chemungi, Meenmutty, Athirumala, Pongalapara
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