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Canscora diffusa
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Family:
GENTIANACEAE
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Citation: Canscora diffusa (Vahl) R. Br. ex Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 3: 301. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 103. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 878(617). 1923; Agrawal, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 982. 1982; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 173. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 263. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 235. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 181. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 290. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 252. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 447. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 298. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 304. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 230. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 11,17. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 298. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 433. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 257. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 199. 2002; Mike Thiv, Blumea 48: 11. 2003; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 325. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 544. 2009.
Gentiana diffusa Vahl, Symb. Bot. 3: 47. 1794.
Canscora decurrens Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2:136.1850; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 878(617). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 263. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 235. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 290. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 446. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 298. 1990; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 458. 2002.
Canscora lawii Wight, Ic. t. 1327. 1848.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Jeerakapullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Small herbs, stem 4-angular. Leaves smiple, opposite, lower leaves 2 x 1.5 cm, elliptic, petiolate, upper ones ovate, sessile, 3-ribbed, glabrous. Cymes terminal; bracts ovate. Flowers many; pedicel 1 cm long, filiform. Calyx 6 mm long, wingless, 5-toothed, glabrous. Corolla white, 9 mm long, tube cylindrical, lobes lanceolate, acute. Two stamens fertile, two sterile. Ovary 1-celled, ovules many, Capsule 5 mm long, linear-oblong.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kasaragode, Kollam, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Along stream banks and grasslands
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Asia and Australia
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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):
Pink
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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:
Peechi, Attathodu, Kavalappara, Amakkundu, Nadugani ghats, Adoor, Pathanamthitta, Pathenthode, Damsite, on way to Alathur, Chandanathode, Hosdurg, Taliparamba, Payyavur, Parassanikkadavu, Tellicherry, Nedumpoyil, Mukkali forests, Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F.,
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