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Clematis smilacifolia
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Family:
RANUNCULACEAE
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Citation: Clematis smilacifolia Wall., Asiat. Res. 13: 402. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 3. 1872; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 59. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 43. 1990; M. A. Rau in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 75. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 1. 1998.
Clematis loureiriana Merr., Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc. 24: 154. 1935 p.p., non DC. 1818.
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Description:
Climbers; branchlets glabrous. Leaves 1-3-foliolate; leaflets to 18 x 14 cm, broadly ovate, acute at apex, cordate at base, glabrous, purplish beneath; nerves 7-9; petioles 2-15 cm long, twining. Cymes 3-few flowered, trichotomous; peduncles 4-5 cm long, dark brownish hairy; bracts to 2 x 0.5 cm; pedicels to 15 cm long, ribbed. Flowers 35 mm across, creamy-white. Tepals ovate, greenish-brown. Achenes to 11 x 5 mm, hairy; stigma persistent, 7 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
India
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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):
Creamy, White
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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:
500-2500
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Localities:
Koruthode, Damsite
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