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Cleome monophylla
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Family:
CAPPARACEAE
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Citation: Cleome monophylla L., Sp. Pl. 672. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 168. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 41(29). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 34. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 46. 1988; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 70. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 66. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 21. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 57. 1990; Sundararagh. in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 312. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 42. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 53. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 15. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 20. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 13. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 55. 2005; R. Sundara. & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 242. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 92. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 116. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Cheruvela, Kattukadugu
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Description:
Erect annual herbs, up to 40 cm high, glandular-pubescent; stem branched, angled, striate. Leaves simple, alternate, 1.5-5 x 1-2.5 cm, ovate-oblong, or linear-lanceolate, base truncate, margins ciliate, apex acute; petiole up to 3.5 cm long. Racemes terminal, lax, up to 15 cm long. Flowers 1-1.5 cm across; pedicel up to 8 mm long, glandular pubescent. Sepals 3-4 mm long, linear, acuminate. Petals pink or light purple, 6-10 x 1.5-2 mm, obovate or spathulate, base clawed, apex rounded. Stamens 6; filaments 5-8 mm long, unequal. Ovary 5-8 mm long, linear. Capsule 7-10 cm long, linear, subcylindric, beaked, strongly ribbed, glandular, hairy; seeds c. 2 mm across, subobicular, ridged, dark brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-August
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Degraded deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Tropical 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):
Pink, 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:
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Localities:
Peechi, Chinnar, Kumily, Vengoli, Puthukulam, Tolpetty, Mukkali forests, Dhoni R. F., Bhavani river bank, Kanichukulangara, Vazhikadavu-Gudalloor roadside
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