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Hedyotis bourdillonii
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis bourdillonii (Gamble) Rao & Hemadri, Indian For. 99: 378. 1973; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 174. 1998; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 89. 2004.
Oldenlandia bourdillonii Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 404. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 598(422). 1921.
Hedyotis silent-valleyensis Vajr., Rathakr. & Bhargavan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 80: 402. 1983 (1984); Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 232. 1990.
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Description:
Stout shrubs; stem pubescent, 4-angled. Leaves to 4.5 x 2 cm, ovate, acute, membraneous, acute at base, pubescent below, scabrous above; nerves 3 pairs, near the base petiole 5 mm long; stipule ovate, teeth many, hispid. Panicles terminal 7 cm across, densely hirtus. Flowers shortly pedicelled or sessile, 9 mm long; calyx 3 mm long, lobes 1 x 1 mm, ovate, obtuse with a black gland at tip corolla tube 3 mm long, sparsely villous, within, lobes oblong, 3 mm long, pink; anthers 2 mm long, sessile attached at the middle of the corolla tube; style 6.5 mm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Margins of grasslands and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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):
Pink
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kalvarimala, Vellimala, Damsite, Kunthipuzha-Poochipara
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