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Biophytum intermedium
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Family:
OXALIDACEAE
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Citation: Biophytum intermedium Wight, Illustr. 1: 162. 1840; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 438. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 133(95). 1918; Manna in Hajra et al., Fl. India 4: 232. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 43. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 51. 1999; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 30. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 126. 2002; N.P. Balakr. & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 571. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 178. 2009.
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Tamil name(s):
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Description:
Perennial herbs, semiwoody at base, erect, 60-120 cm high; nodes hairy; hairs stiff, reflexed, arranged in a ring. Leaves 5-10 cm long; leaflets 15-25 pairs, lowest smallest, scarcely overlapping, oblong, somewhat falcate, truncate at base, very obliquely apiculate, glabrous; midnerve curved at apex; lateral than the leaves, densely pubescent. Flowers 4-8 in an umbel, ca 12 mm across; pedicels thrice as long as sepals; bracts subulate. Capsules as long as sepals; seeds tuberculate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-June
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
South 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):
Yellow
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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:
1200-1600
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Kottamala, Kottamalapallam, Pooyamkutty, Vellarimala, Athirumala, Agasthymala peak
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