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Haplanthodes neilgherryensis
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Haplanthodes neilgherryensis (Wight) Majumdar, Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 25: 76. 1971; Panigrahi & Das, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 23: 201. 1981; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 280. 1985; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 579. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 349. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 267. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 339. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 499. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 296. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 229. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 612. 2009.
Haplanthus neilgherryensis Wight, Ic. t. 1556. 1850; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 507. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1052(737). 1924.
Haplanthus tentaculatus Nees. var. neilgherryensis (Wight) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 507. 1884.
Bremekampia neilgherryensis (Wight) Sreem., Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 323. 1965.
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Description:
Profusely branched herbs, branches quadrangular, glabrous. Leaves simple, opposite, 4-7 x 2-3 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, attenuate and decurrent at base into a petiole of 4-9 cm long. Flowers whorled in terminal, to 5 cm long, cylindrical spikes, densely covered with hairy cladodes; bracts and bracteoles minute. Calyx 2 mm long, lobes filiform, hairy. Corolla 10 mm long, pink; upper lip 2-lobed and lower lip 3-lobed, hairy. Stamens 2, free, anthers unequal, appendaged. Ovary oblong, cells 4-6 ovuled, style slender, stigma linear. Capsule 7 mm long, oblong; seeds 6-12, thinly hairy.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kasaragode, Idukki, Malappuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Karimala, Kariamchola, Thiruvizhamkunnu, Dhoni R. F., Peradala, Vaniampuzha, Machiri, Thenmalai
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