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Gloxinia perennis
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Family:
GESNERIACEAE
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Citation: Gloxinia perennis (L.) Druce, Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 418. 1913 (1914).
Martynia perennis L., Sp. Pl. 618. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Canterbury Bells
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Description:
Annual glabrous herbs with rhizomatous tubers, stem reaches to a height of about 60. Leaves simple, opposite to 8 x 7 cm, ovate to orbicular- cordate, attenuate to the petiole, obtuse at apex, remotely crenate-serrate, basally 7-9 nerved; petiole to 2.5 cm long. Flowers axillary, become racemose, nodding, pale purple or violet-lavender, about 4 cm long. Sepals 5, broadly elliptic, 5-7 mm long. Corolla bell-shaped. Fruit an ovoid to elliptical capsule; seeds minute, numerous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-January
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Introduced as garden plant, now runs wild
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Distribution:
Native of Central and South America
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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:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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