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Cyclea fissicalyx
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Family:
MENISPERMACEAE
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Citation: Cyclea fissicalyx Dunn in Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 31(22). 1915 & Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1916: 60. 1916; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 5. 1988; Gangop. in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 324. 1993; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 12. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 16. 2000; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 185. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 105. 2009.
Cyclea peltata Miers, Contr. Bot. 3: 236. 1871, non (Lam.) Hook. f. & Thoms. 1855.
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Description:
Climbers; Leaves simple, alternate, peltate ,8-10 x 4-5 cm, ovate, apex sharply acuminate, base truncate,margin entire; 5-ribbed, reticulate, glabrous; petiole 1.5-2.5 cm long. Panicle to 15 x 5 cm, flowers 2 mm across, glabrous, shortly pedicelled; peduncles slender; bracts foliar. Calyx campanulate, glabrous. Petals connate; anthers in male flowers connate into a ring at the top of staminal column. Ovary in female flowers hairy; style trifid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
150-1340
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Localities:
Vellimala, On the banks of Kunthipuzha, Damodaran Kolle
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