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Exacum walkeri
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Family:
GENTIANACEAE
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Citation: Exacum walkeri Griseb., Gen. Sp. Gent. 110. 1838 & in DC., Prodr. 9: 45. 1845; Mohanan et al., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 79: 450. 1982; Klackenberg, Opera Bot. 84: 73. 1985; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 307. 1994.
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Description:
Shrubs with a short rootstock; stem to 60 cm high, dichotomously branched, subquadrangular at base, 4-angular in upper half. Leaves broadly ovate to suborbicular, rounded or truncate at base, subacute to acute, 3(-5)-nerved, the nerves prominent beneath, shortly petiolate; petioles 2-4 mm long. Flowers solitary in forks of branches and leaf-axils, very occasionally in terminal, dichasial cymes. Pedicels slightly nodding, 1.5-2.6 cm long. Bracts ovate-lanceolate, 2-11 x 1.25-6 mm, foliaceous above. Calyx lobes 5, lanceolate, to 7 x 1.75 mm, long-acuminate; wings in fruiting calyx 2-3 mm wide, rounded at base. Corolla white; lobes 5, obliquely erect, oblong-elliptic, 12-16 x 6-8 mm, acute. Anthers uniformly broad, 4-5 mm long. Capsule ovoid to elliptic, 8-10 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Rocky slopes in grasslands
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Ponmudi
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