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Hedyotis travancorica
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Hedyotis travancorica Bedd., Ic. t. 7. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 55. 1880; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 232. 1994; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 236. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 319. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 56. 2004.
Oldenlandia travancorica (Bedd.) O.Ktze., Rev. Gen. Pl. 1: 292. 1891; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 600(423). 1921.
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Description:
Herbs or undershrubs, to 1 m high; stem 4-angled. Leaves opposite, 1.5-3 x 0.6-1.5 cm, acute to slightly acuminate at apex, attenuate at base, whitish below on drying; stipules broadly ovate, 0.4-0.5 x 0.3-0.35 cm, pectinate on margins, densely cottony-hairy without. Flowers in axillary cymes; pedicels 0.3-0.4 cm long. Calyx tube 0.1-0.15 cm; lobes 0.1 cm, ovate acuminate. Corolla white; tube 0.1-0.15 cm long, widened at mouth, hairy within tube; lobes 0.3-0.35 cm, ovate lanceolate, hairy within. Capsule 0.2-0.25 cm, ovoid, septicidal; seeds many, minute.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
1000-1800
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Localities:
Boneccord, Agasthymala peak, Pongalapara
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