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Azima tetracantha
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Family:
SALVADORACEAE
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Citation: Azima tetracantha Lam., Encycl. 1: 343. 1783; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 620. 1882; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 800(562). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 186. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 514. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Essanku, Yeshenku, Sankukuppi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Mistletoe
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Description:
Rambling shrubs; spine axillary, usually 4, straight, to 2.5 cm, grooved, branchlets tetragonous, pubescent. Leaves opposite, 3 x 2 cm, ovate, mucronate, base obtuse, margin thickened, coriaceous, nerves 3 pairs near the base; petiole to 5 mm. Spike axillary and terminal, to 10 cm long; flowers clustered, white, unisexual; bracts 2 x 1 mm, ovate, mucronate, pubescent; calyx 1 mm, campanulate, bilobed, pubescent; petals 4, 2 x 1 mm, oblong; stamens 4, free, alternating with petals, filaments 1 mm, anthers 1 mm, pistillode absent.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam, Wayanad, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests, also grown in homesteads
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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:
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:
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Localities:
Chinnar
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