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Desmos chinensis
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Family:
ANNONACEAE
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Citation: Desmos chinensis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 352. 1790; Debika Mitra in B. D. Sharma et al., Fl. India 1: 257. 1993; M. Mohanan in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 143. 2005.
Unona discolor Vahl, Symb. Bot. 2: 63, t. 36. 1791.
Unona dunalii Hook. f. & Thoms., Fl. Ind. 131. 1855.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; branchlets pubescent when young, glabrous later. Leaves alternate, elliptic, ovate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, truncate, rarely slightly cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, 6-9(-18) x 2-4.5(-7) cm, membranous, glabrous above, pubescent beneath; lateral nerves 7-12 pairs; petioles ca 7 mm long, pubescent. Flowers extra-axillary or leaf-opposed, greenish-yellow, fragrant; pedicels ca 5.5 cm long, slender, pubescent; bracts ovate, in the middle of pedicel. Sepals ovate, acuminate, ca 7 x 5 mm, pubescent. Outer petals elliptic-lanceolate, acute, 3-8.5 x 1-1.5 cm, pubescent; the inner oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2-3.2 x 0.8-1 cm, pubescent. Receptacle convex, brown-pubescent. Stamens many, oblong, ca 1.5 mm long; connectives obtuse. Carpels oblong, ca 2 mm long, densely brown-tomentose; stigmas clavate, grooved. Fruitlets 1-1.4 cm long, ovoid, beaked; stalks to 1 cm long.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-October
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
North East India to Malesia
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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):
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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-800
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