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Burmannia coelestis
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Family:
BURMANNIACEAE
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Citation: Burmannia coelestis D. Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 44. 1825; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 665. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1399(979). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 387. 1984; Hajra in Nayar et al., Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 9. 1988; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 267. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 380. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 772. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 462. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13,19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 431. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 396. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 315. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 647. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 475. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 777. 2009.
Gonianthes pusilla Wall. ex Miers, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 18: 537. t. 38. f. 3. 1841.
Burmannia pusilla (Wall. ex Miers) Thw., Encycl. 325. 1864; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 665. 1888; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 282. 1982; Hajra, Fasc. Fl. Ind. 19: 13. 1988.
Burmannia coelestis var. pusilla (Miers) Trimen, Fl. Ceylon 4: 131. 1898.
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Description:
Small herbs, stem much reduced. Leaves absent. Flowers regular, on long terminal peduncle, 1-3 together; calyx tube 3-winged, 1 cm long, retuse at apex, bright pink; petals absent; stamens 3, anthers sessile, ovate, erect; ovary inferior, 3-celled, winged, ovules many, style 3-lobed. Fruit a dehiscent winged capsule; seeds numerous, minute, reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Among grassy patches in moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
Blue
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
1300-1500
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Localities:
Sholayar, Vellanimala, Mlappara, Pezha, Damsite, Kakki hills, Old Devicolam, Aruvampara, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy, Pongalapara
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