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Hedyotis leschenaultiana var. wynaadensis
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis leschenaultiana DC. var. wynaadensis (Gamble) Deb & Dutta, Taxon 34: 296. 1985; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 76. 2004.
Hedyotis wynaadensis (Gamble) Rao & Hemadri, Indian For. 99: 379. 1973; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 74. 2000; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 419. 2009.
Oldenlandia wynaadensis Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1919: 405. 1919 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 599(422). 1921.
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Description:
Shrubs; branches with prominent stipular scars. Leaves opposite, 5-9.5 x 1-2.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate at apex, cuneate at base; petiole 0.6-1 cm; stipules triangular, 2-2.5 x 5-6 mm pinnatisect, villous. Inflorescence panicle of cymes, axillary to upper leaves; peduncle slender, 2.5-3 cm long, branches trichotomous, glabrous. Flowers pedicelled, 7-8 mm long. Hypanthium 1-1.5 mm long; calyx limb 0.3-0.5 mm long; lobes 4, 1.5-2 mm long, lanceolate. Corolla cylindric, 5-6 mm long; tube 3-4 mm long; lobes 1.5-2 mm long, lanceolate, swollen, incurved at apex. Stamens 4, exserted; filaments 0.8-1 mm long, adnate at the throat of the corolla. Capsule 2-2.5 x 2-2.5 mm, globose, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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, White, Violet
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1800
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Localities:
Vellarimala
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