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Helixanthera hookeriana
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Helixanthera hookeriana (Wight & Arn.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 10: 317. 1929; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 319. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 356. 1998.
Loranthus hookerianus Wight & Arn., Prodr. 381. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 207. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1251(875). 1925.
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English name(s):
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Description:
Branches slender, tubercled, glabrous. Leaves to 10 x 3.5 cm, elliptic, acuminate, glabrous; petiole to 7 mm long. Spike to 7 cm long, unbranched, many-flowered; bracts tomentose. Flowers in small excavations on the rachis; calyx broaden at base; corolla 1 cm long, curved, lobes 4, tomentose; stamens 4, stigma globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Yes
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
Creamy, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Arjunankotta, Ariankavu
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