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Kalanchoe laciniata
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Family:
CRASSULACEAE
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Citation: Kalanchoe laciniata (L.) DC., Pl. Hist. Succ. t. 100 1802. Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 415. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 451(319). 1919; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 192. 1990; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 243. 2002.
Kalanchoe schweinfurthii Penzig in Atti Congr. Bot. Genova 341. 1893; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 131. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 124. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 115. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Astthi-bhaksha, Ilamulachi, Elamulachi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Fleshy herbs, sap watery; stem hollow. Upper leaves simple, lower pinnatifid, to 10 cm, lobes to 4 x 0.5 cm, oblong, coarsely dentate, puberulus. Cymes corymbose, axillary and terminal; flowers yellow; bracts 0.8 cm, linear; calyx 4 lobed to the base, 7 x 1.5 mm, lanceolate, glandular pubescent; corolla tube 7 mm, lobes 4, 4 x 2 mm, lanceolate, acuminate, twisted, glandular pubescent; stamens 8, in two rows at the throat of the corolla tube; carpels 4, 4 x 1.5 mm, style 2.5 mm, hypogynous scales 4, subulate. Follicle 8 x 4 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Idukki
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist and dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India, Bangladesh, China and Myanmar
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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, Rose
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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:
1000-1400
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Localities:
Pachankalithode, Thekkady, Vengoli, Kathalakandy, Athirumala
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