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Corchorus urticifolius
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Family:
TILIACEAE
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Citation: Corchorus urticifolius Wight & Arn., Prodr. 73. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 397. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 122(87). 1915; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 93. 1990; P. Daniel & M. Chandra. in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 489. 1993; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 483. 2005.
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Description:
Annual herbs, erect, to 1 m high, pubescent. Leaves alternate, ovate-lanceolate, obtuse or truncate at base, serrate at margin with basal most serrations not extending into filiform processes, acute at apex, 4.5-8 x 1.7-4.5 cm, thinly pilose; petioles 0.8-2 cm long, hairy; stipules linear, ca 5 mm long, hairy. Flowers in 2-4 flowered leaf-opposed cymes; bracts subulate, ca 2 mm long. Sepals oblong, acuminate, ca 4 mm long, hairy outside. Petals ovate-spatulate, obtuse, ca 3 mm long, yellow. Stamens ca 15. Ovary 3-loculed. Capsules falcate, 3-angled, 2-3.5 cm long, strigose, 3-loculed; locules septate between seeds; beak entire, short; seeds 3-gonous, ca 1.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Weed in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and East Africa
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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:
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Localities:
Attapady block-Mukkali
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