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Cestrum elegans
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Family:
SOLANACEAE
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Citation: Cestrum elegans (Brongn. ex Neumann) Schltdl., Linnaea 19: 261. 1847.
Habrothamnus elegans Brongn. ex Neumann, Ann. Pomone 118. 1844.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Butterfly Flower
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Description:
Shrubs; stem copiously pubescent. Leaves alternate, ca. 8 × 3 cm, ovate or elliptic- lanceolate, acuminate, base truncate, pubescent below; lateral nerves 58 pairs; petiole 6-12 mm. Inflorescences erect, terminal or axillary, congested racemose panicles; bracts ovate, minutely tomentose, 4-5 mm. Pedicel ca. 1 mm. Calyx narrowly campanulate, 6-8 mm, glabrous, unribbed; teeth ca. 3 mm, ciliate. Corolla red, pink, or violet, ca. 2 cm, expanded upward, abruptly contracted at throat, glabrous; lobes deltoid, ca. 2 mm. Filaments glabrous, unappendaged, slightly bent at point of insertion. Fruiting calyx not splitting. Berry dark pink, globose, 0.8-1.3 cm; seeds ca. 8.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as garden plant, now running wild along the roadsides and scrub jungles in the high ranges
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Distribution:
Native of Central America
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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, Rose
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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