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Knoxia wightiana
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Knoxia wightiana Wall. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 440. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 129. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 622(439). 1921; Bhattacharjee & Deb, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 6: 81. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 223. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 178. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 425. 2009.
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Description:
Glabrous woody herbs. Leaves simple, opposite, 6 x 1 cm, linear-lanceolate, curved, folded, glabrous, sessile; stipules ovate, 6 mm long, acute with few glandular teeth. Cymes 5-6 cm across, peduncled. Flowers 5 mm long, sessile. Calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes obtuse. Corolla-tube densely villous within. Style 4 mm long. Capsule 2.5 x 2.5 mm; mericarps compressed, glabrous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Blue
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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:
Kavalappara, Brahmagiri
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