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Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi
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Family:
CRASSULACEAE
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Citation: Bryophyllum fedtschenkoi (Raym.-Hamet & Perrier) Lauz.-March., Compt. Rend. Hebd. Séances Acad. Sci., Sér. D 278: 2508. 1974.
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi Raym.-Hamet & H. Perrier, Ann. Mus. Colon. Marseille 3: 75. 1915.
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Description:
Succulent herbs; branchlets ascending. Leaves decussate, oblong to obovate, to 5 x 2.5 cm, base cuneate, margin irregularly dentate towards the rounded apex, glaucous blue, subsucculent; petiole 0.5 cm. Inflorescence terminal, consisting of cymes, diffuse. Flowers pendulous, 2.5 x 1 cm; pedicel to 1.5 cm. Calyx-tube 1.5 x 1 cm, lobed above to the middle; lobes 4, ovate, 0.6 x 0.4 cm. Corolla campanulate, to 2 x 1 cm, purple-red; lobes obovate, 6 mm. Stamens 8, exceeding corolla; filaments inserted below the middle of corolla-tube.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as garden plant, now running wild along the roadsides and scrub jungles in the high ranges
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Distribution:
Native of Madagascar
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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Edible:
No
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Vegetable:
No
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