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Didymocarpus tomentosa
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Family:
GESNERIACEAE
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Citation: Didymocarpus tomentosa Wight, Ic. t. 1349. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 353. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 989(695). 1924; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 293. 1984; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 332. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 338. 1994; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 53. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 288. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 227. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 221. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 596. 2009.
Didymocarpus rottleriana var. tomentosa (Wight) Clarke in A. & C. DC., Monogr. Phan. 5: 101. 1883.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Elichuzhien, Kalthamara
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Description:
Scapigerous herbs. Leaves 6-7 x 4 cm, elliptic, acute, irregularly crenate-serrate, densely bullate above, densely fulvous tomentose below; nerves 4 pairs, prominently reticulate below; petiole 1-3 cm long, 5 mm broad; central leaves sessile. Scapes few, to 12 cm long. Cymes glandular-hairy; pedicels 1 cm long. Flowers blue, subumbellate; sepals 2.5 x 1 mm, oblanceolate, obtuse, long-hairy; corolla 11 mm long, glandular-hairy, lobes obovate to orbicular; staminodes straight, bristle-like; ovary densely glandular, hairy. Capsule 2 x 0.2 cm, linear, densely glandular hairy
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
On wet rocks in grasslands
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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):
Blue, 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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala, Alampetty, Karimalagopuram, Rope way Ghaut, Walayar, Ponmudi
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