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Carex filicina
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Family:
CYPERACEAE
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Citation: Carex filicina Nees in Wight, Contrib. 123. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 717. 1894; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1686(1169). 1931; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 337. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 500. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 541. 1990; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 425. 1989; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 106. 1991; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 503. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 416. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 362. 1997; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 77. 1998; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 769. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 483. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 326. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 372. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 771. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 533. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 921. 2009.
Carex glaucina Boeck., Linnaea 40: 353.1876; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 109. 1991; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 500. 1988.
Carex leptocarpa Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 719. 1893.
Carex filicina Nees var. leptocarpa (Clarke) Kukenth. in Engl., Pflanzenr. 4, Fam. 20: 274. 1909; Rejani, Cyperac. Kerala 108. 1991.
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Description:
Perennial herbs, culms to 120 cm tall, slender. Leaves 30-60 x 0.8 cm, scabrous. Sheath rounded, closed. Partial panicles 8-10 x 3 cm; bracts to 30 cm long; bracteoles filiform. Spikelets 1.5 cm long; male portion 3-4 mm long, narrower; pistillate glumes 2 mm long, reddish brown. Utricle 3.5 mm long, scabrid, blotched with red spots; beak 1.5 mm long, deeply bifid. Staminate glumes 3 x 1.5 mm, acute.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-August
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
All forest types
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Distribution:
South and South East Asia
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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:
700-1600
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Localities:
Rosemala, Umiyar, Mavelikkudy, Nelliparakkandom, Karimthalappara, Valiyaparathode, Kakki hills, Chandanathode, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Kottur R.F., Nadugani ghats, Thalichola, Teppakulam, Athirumala, Bonaccord, Agasthymala peak
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