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Ipomoea staphylina
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Ipomoea staphylina Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 4: 249. 1819; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 210. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 917(643). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 181. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 489. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 312. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 455. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 215. 1999.
Ipomoea racemosa Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 115. 1821.
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Description:
Stout stragglers. Leaves to 15 x 10 cm, broadly ovate, base cordate, apex acute, membranous, nerves oblique; petiole 6.5 cm. Panicle of cymes axillary, to 15 cm; pedicels 0.5-1 cm; bracts minute; outer sepals 5 x 4 mm, oblong, obtuse, inner obovate with hyaline margins, 6 x 5 mm; corolla 2 cm long, shallowly 5-lobed, funnel shaped, pink; stamens 5, included, base dilated, hairy, filaments 7-8 mm; anthers 3 mm; ovary 2 mm; style 1.5 cm, stigma 2, globose.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
January-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Malappuram, Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, China 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):
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:
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Localities:
Chinnar, Pattimelam slopes-Kottathurai forests, Arikode, Mampad
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