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Bupleurum wightii
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Bupleurum wightii Kozo-Polj., Epitome Bupleurorum Rossiae 166. 1913; P.K. Mukh. & Constance, Umbell. India 64. 1993.
Bupleurum virgatum Wight & Arn., Prodr. 370. 1834; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 558(394). 1919; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 35. 1998.
Bupleurum mucronatum Wight & Arn. var. virgatum (Wight & Arn.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 676. 1879, non Bupleurum virgatum Cav. 1827.
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Description:
Erect perennial herbs up to 1 m high or even more; stems terete. Leaves alternate, narrow, long, up to 10 x 0.6 cm broad, linear, acute at apex and mucronate-acuminate. Flowers small, in compound umbels; bracts and bracteoles narrow, 3-nerved; peduncles long, with many rays. Calyx-lobes 0. Petals 5, obovate, inflexed, the apex emarginated. Disk broad, flat. Styles short. Fruit laterally compressed, slightly constricted at the commissure; mericarps with usually 3 vittae in the furrows, semi-ellipsoid, 5-ridged; seeds terete, sometimes slightly grooved on the inner face.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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:
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Localities:
Attappady R.F.
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