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Cissampelopsis corymbosa
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Family:
ASTERACEAE/COMPOSITAE
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Citation: Cissampelopsis corymbosa (Wall. ex DC.) Jeffrey & Chen., Kew Bull. 39: 341. 1984; R. Mathur in Hajra et al., Fl. India 13: 199.1995; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 367. 1997; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 87. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 168. 2002; Vanijajiva & Kadereit, Kew Bull. 63: 224. 2008; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 465. 2009.
Senecio corymbosus Wall. ex DC. in Wight, Contrib. 22. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 351. 1881; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 723(508). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 156. 1988; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 232. 1984; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 35. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 207. 1998; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 40. 1998; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 386. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 286. 2005.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs, stem covered with fulvous-woolly hairs. Leaves simple, alternate, 6-8 x 6-8 cm, broadly ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 5-7 ribbed, glabrous above, distantly serrulate; petiole 3-4 cm long. Heads 9 x 6 mm, in woolly panicles, axillary or terminal; bracts 1-seriate, 6 x 1.5 mm, oblong, with thick midrib, glabrous; corolla 7 mm long; lobes acute, yellow; anthers tailed at base. Achenes oblong, glabrous, brown; pappus 7 mm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Idukki, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Yellow
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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:
1500-2500
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Localities:
Kottamalapallam, Karimala, Devicolam, Valiyaparathode, Lock-hert gap, Karuvarakundu, Muthappanpuzha, Attayar
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