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Kalanchoe bhidei
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Family:
CRASSULACEAE
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Citation: Kalanchoe bhidei Cooke., Fl. Pres. Bombay 1: 467. 1903; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 450(319). 1919; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 130. 1998.
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Description:
Erect herbs, to 40 cm high. Leaves 10-15 x 7 cm, elliptic, obtuse, crenate, sessile; upper leaves acute. Panicles 25 cm across, spreading; pedicels 5 mm long. Flowers many; sepals 6 x 1 mm, lanceolate, connate at base; corolla tube 1 cm long, lobes 5 x 3 mm, ovate, cuspidate, yellow; filaments 2.5 cm long, attached on the middle of corolla tube; anthers orbicular; ovaries 5 mm long; style 3 mm long, glabrous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
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):
Yellow, White
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Mlappara
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