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Hedyotis swertioides
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis swertioides Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3:51.1880; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38. 1996; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 67. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 175. 1998; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 59. 2004.
Oldenlandia swertioides (Hook. f.) O. Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 292. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 598(422). 1921.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Thavalakkalchedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect sparingly branched, subshrubs; stems 4-angled, glabrous. Leaves to 6.5 x 3 cm, ovate, lanceolate, acute at either ends, glabrous; nerves 4 pairs, oblique, strong below; subsessile; stipule 6 mm long, pectinate. Cymes terminal, corymbose, to 9 cm across. Flowers to 10 mm long, sessile; calyx 4 mm long, lobes acute, densely puberulus; corolla tube 8 mm long, densely villous within, puberulus outside, lobes 2.5 x 1 mm, oblong, obtuse, pink; anthers 2.2 mm long, erect; style 5 mm long. Capsule 6 x 3 mm, oblong, densely puberulus, ridged; seeds angled, light brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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
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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:
1500-2000
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Localities:
Kumarikulam, Munnar, Kanthaloor forests, Agastyarkudam
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