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Dendrophthoe trigona
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Dendrophthoe trigona (Wight & Arn.) Danser ex Sant., Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16:163. 1953; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 239. 1988; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 592. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 356. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 274. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 708. 2009.
Loranthus trigonus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 386. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 219. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1253(877). 1925.
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Description:
Parasitic shrubs; branches to 15 mm thick, rugose, glabrous; branchlets often acutely 3-angled. Leaves simple, alternate, 20 x 13 cm, ovate, obtuse, acute at base, thickly coriaceous; petiole to 1.5 cm long, flattened or winged. Flowers in axillary, to 3 cm long racemes or cymes; bracts forming a shallow oblique cup. Calyx cupular, truncate, glabrous. Corolla 15-20 mm long, pink or yellow, tube split to the middle, lobes 5, linear. Berry 1 x 0.5 cm, obovoid, crowned by the cup-shaped calyx limb.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Western Ghats
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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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Red, 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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Vengoli, Anawayi border, Nadugani ghats, Ampumala
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