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Dicliptera paniculata
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Dicliptera paniculata (Forssk.) I. Darbysh. in I. Darbysh. & Vollesen, Kew Bull. 62: 122. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 621. 2009.
Dianthera paniculata Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 7. 1775.
Dianthera malabarica L. f., Suppl. Pl. 85. 1782, nom illeg.
Peristrophe bicalyculata (Retz.) Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 113. 1832; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 554. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1084(759). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 215. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 307. 1984.
Peristrophe paniculata (Forssk.) Brummitt, Kew Bull. 38: 451. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 287. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 592. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 344. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 514. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 237. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 233. 2002; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 545. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattupuzhukkolli
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect herbs, stem 6-angular, hispid. Leaves simple, opposite, 4.5-6 x 2-3 cm, ovate, apex acute, base rounded or truncate, glabrescent above and tomentose below. Flowers in axillary trichotomous cymes; pedicels to 2 cm; bracts 2, unequal, 11 x 8 mm, bracteoles 4, 6 mm, linear, hirsute. Calyx deeply 5-partite, lobes 4 mm, linear. Corolla pink, tube 5 mm, hairy, 2-lipped, upper entire, lower 3-lobed, lobes 7 mm. Stamens 2, filaments 5 mm, hairy, anther cells short, muticous. Ovary 1 mm, oblong. Capsule ellipsoid, tomentose; seeds 4, glochidiate-papillose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests and waste lands
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Distribution:
India, Myanmar and Tropical Africa
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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):
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:
Peechi, Chinnar, Thunakkadavu, Nileswar, Thottappally, Nellikuth
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