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Hugonia mystax
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Family:
LINACEAE
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Citation: Hugonia mystax L., Sp. Pl. 675. 1753; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 413. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 126(90). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 54. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 99. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 75. 1988; Hajra in B.D. Sharma & Sanjappa, Fl. India 3: 576. 1993; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 91. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 93. 1994; J.L. Ellis & W. Arisdason in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 507. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 146. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kaarthotti, Modirakkanni
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Climbing flax
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Description:
Rambling or climbing shrubs; branches yellow-tomentose; branchlets short, horizontal with leaflets towards base. Leaves alternate, tapering at base, obtuse or subacute at apex, 3-8 x 1-3.5 cm, hairy on midnerve; lateral nerves prominent on both surfaces; petioles ca 4 mm long, hairy. Peduncles axillary, ca 1mm long, yellow tomentose; bracts subulate, ca 7 mm long. Flowers ca 2.5 cm across. Sepals imbricate, ovate-lanceolate, ca 7 x 3 mm, fulvous pubescent. Petals shortly unguiculate, ca 12 x 7 mm, unequal, twisted, yellow. Stamens 8-10 mm long, alternately long and short; anthers cordate-ovate, erect, 2-loculed, opening by 2-longitudinal clefts. Ovary globose, glabrous; ovules pendulous; styles ca 4 mm long; stigmas lobed. Drupes globose, ca 1 mm, surrounded by persistent scarlet sepals.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also scrub jungles of the plains
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Distribution:
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:
No
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Root parasite:
No
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Flower colour(s):
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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:
Ezhimala, Veli, Varkala, Vandanam
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