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Exacum anamallayanum
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Family:
GENTIANACEAE
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Citation: Exacum anamallayanum Bedd., Ic. t. 154. 1868-1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 874(614). 1923; Klackenberg, Opera Bot. 84: 69. 1985; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 252. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 258. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 202. 1999.
Exacum atropurpureum Bedd. var. anamallayanum (Bedd.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 97. 1883.
Exacum saulierei Dunn, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 30. 1914.
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Description:
Shrubs, stem terete, lenticellate. Leaves opposite, to 5 x 3 cm, broadly ovate, acute, base clasping the stem, coriaceous, margins thickened, 5-ribbed from the base, sessile. Cymes terminal and axillary ; pedicels stout, 1 cm long; calyx winged, tube 4 mm, lobes 5 mm, acute; corolla tube 8 mm, lobes 2 x 0.7 cm, obovate, many nerved, apiculate; stamens 5, filaments 5 mm; ovary many ovuled, 7 mm, style 2 cm, stigma, globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and shola 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):
Blue
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Pothumala, Kottamala
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