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Clematis munroiana
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Family:
RANUNCULACEAE
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Citation: Clematis munroiana Wight, Illustr. 1: 5, t.1. 1831; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 3(2). 1915; M. A. Rau in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 71. 1993; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 1. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 9. 1999; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 114. 2005.
Clematis smilacifolia Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 3. 1872, p.p.
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Description:
Climbing herbs; stem ridged, glabrous. Leaflets 1-3, to 12 x 7 cm, broadly ovate, cordate at base, acute at apex, glabrous; petioles to 10 cm long; petiolule smaller, glabrous. Flowers pedicelled, few to many , to 8 cm across; pedicels to 10 cm long; sepals oblong, acute, purplish brown; stamens many, filaments unequal, inner smaller, to 3 cm long, connective produced into a whip; carpels many, densely hairy; hairs erect white. Achenes 4 x 3 mm, ovoid, pubescent; style 5-6 cm long, feathery.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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):
Violet, Brown
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
900-2000
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Localities:
Odamala, Devicolam, Kadalar, Karivepinshola
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