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Begonia fallax
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia fallax A.DC. in DC., Prodr. 15:329. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 643. 1879; R. Ansari et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 125. 1985; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 207. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 303. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 138. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 398. 2009.
Diploclinium lindleyanum Wight, Ic. t. 1817. 1852.
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Description:
Shrubs; stems reddish, glabrous. Leaves to 18 x 10 cm, ovate, unequally cordate at base, entire or shallowly and broadly dentate, glabrous, nerves prominent, reddish, dividing after the middle of the lamina; petiole 2-5 cm long; stipules 2.5 x 0.8 cm, oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, whitish. peduncle 3-4 cm long, axillary, dichotomously branched; cymes 5 cm across. Flowers few; pedicels 1 cm long; male sepals 4, outer 10 mm across, orbicular, pale pink; inner smaller, anthers truncate. Capsule 2 x 3.5 cm, obovate, 3-winged; wing horizontal at apex; placentas 2-fid; seeds many, minute, oblong, cylindrical, ridged and reticulate at one end.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Thrissur, Malappuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pooppara
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