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Hemigraphis latebrosa
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Hemigraphis latebrosa (Heyne ex Roth) Nees in DC., Prodr. 11: 723. 1847; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 423. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1018(715). 1924; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 659. 1982; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 338. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 349. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 501. 1997; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 613. 2009.
Ruellia latebrosa Heyne ex Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 307. 1821.
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Description:
Diffuse weak herbs or undershrubs; branches procumbent; stem densely white-hairy. Leaves opposite, 2-6 x 1-2.2 cm, ovate, crenate-serrate, apex acute or acuminate, base cuneate, bulbous based hairs on both sides; petiole 1- 3 cm long. Flowers in axillary or terminal, shortly peduncled, few-flowered, capitate spikes; bracts 10 x 2 mm, elliptic-oblong, 1-nerved, long-hairy, ciliate; hairs sometimes gland-tipped. Calyx 5-lobed, free near to the base; lobes unequal, ciliate, sparsely glandular-hairy; larger lobe 7-9 mm long, oblong-linear; other 4-lobes 5-7 mm long, linear. Corolla blue, , 12 mm long, funnel-shaped; tube broad above; lobes unequal, rounded. Stamens 4, didynamous, included; longer filaments bearded in the upper part; anther cells oblong. Ovary 2-loculed, hairy; style thickened below the blunt stigma. Capsule 4-6 mm long, linear-oblong, minutely pub-scent; seeds 6, yellowish-white, compressed, hairy.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-March
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District(s):
Wayanad, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Central and 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):
White, Blue
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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:
Pathenthode, Tolpetty, Kanjirakadavu
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