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Elatostema wightii
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Elatostema wightii Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 570. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1377(963). 1928; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 384. 1998.
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Description:
Small herbs; stems usually unbranched. Leaves simple, alternate, 10 x 3.5 cm, ovate, inequilateral, acuminate at apex, rounded at base, widely crenate, sessile; cystolith scarce. Male receptacle 8 mm across, peduncles 4 cm long, slender; bracts ovate, cuspidate; bracteole lanceolate; flowers many, tepals 4, free, 1.5 mm long, ovate, long-cuspidate; stamens 4, free. Female receptacle 8 mm across, sessile; bracts obovate, cuspidate, fimbriate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Idukki, Kozhikkode, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern 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:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Green, White
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pachakkanam
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