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Boehmeria macrophylla var. macrophylla
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Boehmeria macrophylla Hornem., Hort. Hafn. 2: 890. 1815, var. macrophylla; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 382. 1984; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 435. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 39. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 383. 1998.
Boehmeria platyphylla D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 60. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 578. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1387(970). 1928; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 638. 2002.
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Description:
Shrubs; stem glabrous. Leaves to 13 x 6 cm, ovate, acuminate, acute to rounded at base, crenate, 3-ribbed, cystolith absent, shortly pilose along the ribs; intercostae reticulate; petiole to 6 cm long. Spike to 35 cm long, drooping, glabrous. Flowers clustered, 3-9 together; perianth-tube gibbous at base, 2-toothed at apex; hirtus, stigma 3 mm long, hispid. Achenes 2 x 1 mm, ovoid, beaked, puberulus.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
Red
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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:
600-1400
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Mannavan shola, Old Devicolam, Pongalapara, Bonaccord, Attayar
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