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Hedyotis eualata var. eualata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis eualata (Gamble) Henry & Subram., Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. (Pl. Sci.) 76B:28. 1972, var. eualata; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 150. 1997; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 68. 2004.
Oldenlandia eualata Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 404. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 598(422). 1921.
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Description:
Scarcely branched weak subshrubs; stems glabrous, 4-lined. Leaves to 6.5 x 2.5 cm, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, yellow when dried, rounded at base, glabrous; nerves 3 pairs; petiole 4-8 mm long; stipule 7 mm long, ovate, shortly glandular-toothed along the margins, glabrous. Cymes to 12 cm broad, in terminal corymbs. Flowers 10 mm long, sessile; calyx 4 mm long, glabrous; corolla pink; stigma 2.5 mm long, bifid to the base. Capsule 7 x 3 mm, 3-6 ridged; seeds sharply angled, black.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-March
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests and grasslands
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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):
Pink, White
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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:
Alvarakurichi, Pongumala, Damodaran Kolle
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