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Decaloba leschenaultii
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Family:
PASSIFLORACEAE
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Citation: Decaloba leschenaultii (DC.) M.Roem., Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 2: 160. 1846.
Passiflora leschenaultii DC., Prodr. 3: 326. 1828; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 599. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 524(370). 1919; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 115. 1988; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 152. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 135. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 388. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Akasavellari, Murumurukkankodi, Seemavellari
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Description:
Slender climbers. Leaves to 4 x 8 cm, flat above, sub-orbicular, 3-ribbed; petiole 2.5 cm long. Flowers solitary, axillary, 4 cm across; pedicels 3 cm long; calyx 1.5 cm long, deeply lobed to the base; petals 1.5 x 1 cm, ovate, obtuse, white; corona 3-seriate, linear, pinkish; gynandrophore 1 cm long; filaments 1 cm long. Berry 4.5 x 3 cm, oblong, reddish, smooth, 3-valved; seeds 4 x 3 mm, ovoid, prominently and regularly pitted.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
White, Green
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pothumala, Sunderamala, Brook's peak, Kadalar, Mannavan shola, Valiyaparathode, Kanthaloor forests
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