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Clytostoma binatum
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Clytostoma binatum (Thunb.) Sandwith in Recueil, Trav. Bot. Neerl. 34: 231. 1937; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 269. 1985.
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Description:
Climbers with long slender stems. Leaves opposite, with 2 leaflets and sometimes tendrils; leaflets elliptic to oblong-ovate, 6-15 x 3.5-6.5 cm, shortly to long-acuminate, entire. Flowers 1-4, axillary or appearing terminal. Calyx 4-6 mm long, truncate or minutely denticulate. Corolla lavender, pink or pale purplish with white centre; tube 2.5-5.5 cm long; lobes ovate, 1-2.5 x 1.5-2 cm. Fruit ellipsoid, 4-7 x 1.8-2.8 cm, densely echinate; seeds discoid-cordiform, 2.5-3.5 x 1.2-3 cm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-April
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District(s):
Kasaragode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as ornamental plant
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Distribution:
Tropical 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, Purple
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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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Localities:
Manjeswar
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