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Cynanchum tunicatum
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Cynanchum tunicatum (Retz.) Alston in Trimen, Handb. Fl. Ceylon 6 (Suppl.): 194. 1931; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 288. 1990.
Periploca tunicata Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 15. 1781.
Cynanchum pauciflorum R. Br., Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1: 45. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 23. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 836(587). 1923.
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Description:
Twiner; branchlets glabrous. Leaves decussate, narrowly cordiform, to 7 x 3.5 cm, chartaceous, hirsute on nerves below, base hastate, sinus broad, apex acuminate; petiole to 4 cm; stipules cordiform, 1 cm wide. Cymes umbel-like, solitary at nodes; peduncle 1.5 cm; pedicel 0.8 cm; bracts lanceolate, 3 mm. Calyx dark purple; lobes 5, lanceolate, 2.5 mm, ciliate, acute, reflexed. Corolla white, rotate, 7 mm wide; lobes 5, oblong, 5 mm, overlapping to right, reflexed. Corona in 1 series, plicate in 5 + 5 lobes, connate below, cup-shaped, distally lobed, arising from corolla base, free from staminal column. Anthers with the connective apically produced; pollen masses solitary per cell, pendulous. Follicles fusiform, 7 x 1.2 cm, apically beaked; seeds oblong, 7 x 4 mm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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, White, Pink
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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:
Pathenthode, Kaikatty forests-Pothundy
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