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Carex baccans
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Carex baccans Nees in Wight, Contrib. 122. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 722. 1894; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1687(1169). 1931; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 541. 1990; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 95. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 503. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 77. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 482. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 770. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 532. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cherukorappullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Perennials, culms to 60 cm high, stout. Leaves several, 50-80 x 1 cm, 3-costate. Panicles pyramidal; bracts to 30 cm long; bracteoles filiform, scabrid. Spikelets 4-5 x 0.8 cm; male portion 1 cm long; pistillate glumes 3.5 x 1.5 mm, deep red; utricle 3-4 mm long, beak 2-cleft, stigmas 3, scabrid. Nut 3 x 1.5 mm, dark brown; staminate glumes 4-4.5 mm long, many-nerved; stamens 3.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-August
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District(s):
Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and China
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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):
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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:
800-1400
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Kakki hills, Lock-hert gap, Silent Valley R. F., Kottur R.F., Chemungi, Pongalapara
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