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Hoya pauciflora
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Hoya pauciflora Wight, Ic. t. 1269. 1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 56. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 849(597). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 259. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 179. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 285. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 299. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 21, 29; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 293. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 209. 1997; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 66. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 197. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 452. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 532. 2009.
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Description:
Stem pendulous, glabrous, wiry. Leaves 4-6 x 0.7-0.9 cm, linear-lanceolate, apex obtuse, base truncate; petiole to 3 mm long. Flowers in few-flowered subsessile umbellate cymes, terminal on lateral smaller branches or axillary; pedicels 1.5-2 cm long, slander; sepals 1.5 mm long, ovate; corolla white, 1.2-2 cm across, campanulate, lobes shallow, triangular; corona 4 mm across, lobes rounded at apex.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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, 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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1100
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Localities:
Sholayar, Alvarakurichi, Vallakkadavu, Vellimala, Pooppara, Pandaravarai, Nelluyampathy forests, Damsite, Tirunalli, Pongalapara
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