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Heracleum candolleanum
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Family:
APIACEAE/UMBELLIFERAE
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Citation: Heracleum candolleanum (Wight & Arn.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 565(399). 1919; P.K. Mukh. & Constance, Umbell. India 243. 1993; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 209. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 162. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 142. 1999; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 186. 2000 Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 141. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 298. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 403. 2009.
Pastinaca candolleana Wight & Arn., Prodr. 372. 1834.
Heracleum rigens Wall. ex DC. var. candolleana (Wight & Arn.) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 715. 1879, p. p.
Heracleum rigens var. ligusticifolium (Wight) Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 716. 1879.
Heracleum courtallense Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 565(399). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattugeerakam, Kattumally, Njara
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs, stem ridged. Leaves alternate, 35-45 x 20-25 cm, 1 or 2 pinnate; leaflets 7-9 or more, to 15 x 10 cm, lobed, apex acute, serrate, scabrous, coriaceous. Umbels compound, terminal, corymbose; secondary peduncles to 6 cm long; rays 13, each 3-5 cm long, spreading; pedicels 6-10 mm long, many-together, spreading. Flowers 5-merous, 2 mm across. Calyx 5-toothed. Petals 3, ovate, acuminate, with a strong midrib, glabrous. Stamens 5, free, anthers ovate. Ovary compressed. Fruit 7-10 x 4-7 mm, biconvex, dorsally compressed, winged, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Shola forests and 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):
White, Yellow
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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:
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Altitude:
1500-2100
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Pothumala, Mangaladevi, Karimalagopuram, Lock-hert gap, Pongalapara, Agasthymala peak
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