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Begonia floccifera
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Family:
BEGONIACEAE
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Citation: Begonia floccifera Bedd., Ic. t. 11. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 654. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 546(386). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 218. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 207. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 138. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 159. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 138. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 295. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 399. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kalthamara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Leaves to 18 cm across, reniform or orbicular, obliquely cordate, distantly toothed, floccose-pubescent below, nerves 11, prominent; petiole to 30 cm long. Peduncle solitary or 2-3 together, pubescent; cymes 10 cm across, branched; pedicels filiform. Flowers many; male sepals 4, outer sepals 7 x 7 mm, orbicular; anthers truncate at apex; female sepals 2, 6 x7 mm, orbicular; styles 3, stigmas branched. Capsule 12 x 15 mm; seeds many, vertically ridged 0.5 x 0.25 mm, brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1300
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Localities:
Peechi, Alvarakurichi, Chokkampetti, Puliyala, Nelluyampathy forests, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Base of Agathyamala
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