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Hybanthus travancoricus
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Family:
VIOLACEAE
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Citation: Hybanthus travancoricus (Bedd.) Melch. in Engl. & Prantl, Naturl. Pflanzenfam. (ed.2) 21: 360. 1925; S.P. Banerjee & B.B. Pramanik in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 345. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 58. 1994; Gopalan & Henry, Endemic Pl. Agasthiyamala 264. 2000; K. Vivek. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 252. 2005.
Ionidium travancoricum Bedd., Ic. t. 230. 1868-1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 49(35). 1915.
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Description:
Shrubs, to 1.75 m high; branches erect, terete below, angled above, woody, glabrous. Leaves alternate, subsessile, linear-lanceolate, distantly serrate along the margins, acuminate at apex, 1-9 x 0.5-2.5 cm, glabrous; stipules subulate, glandular-puberulous. Flowers axillary, pedicels 1-2 cm long, 2-bracteoled towards apex. Sepals equal, subulate, recurved. Petals pink, variable; lower petal long-clawed, saccate, 2-spurred; others falcate; upper 2 ciliate. Stamens 5; anthers nearest the large petal with a round gibbous spur at base. Ovary 1-celled; ovules numerous; style clavte, incurved. Fruit a capsule; seeds 6-9, striated, white.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Critically Endangered (CR)
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Altitude:
1000-1500
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