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Lasianthus capitulatus
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Lasianthus capitulatus Wight, Calcutta J. Nat. Hist. 6: 511. 1846; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 191. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 648(457). 1921; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 223. 1988; Sasidh. & Anto in Manoharan et al., Silent Valley-Whispers Reason 143. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 426. 2009.
Litosanthes capitulata (Wight) Deb & Gangop., Candollea 44: 213. 1989.
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Description:
Large shrubs; young branches softly pubescent. Leaves simple, opposite, 4-12 x 2.5-4 cm, oblance-olate, acute at both ends, glabrous above, sparsely pubescent beneath; petiole 3-5 mm long; stipules 2-7 mm broad, acuminate. Flowers white, in axillary, 2-4 mm long peduncled, pubescent cymes. Calyx 2-3 mm long; lobes 3, each 2-3 mm long, ovate, obtuse at apex, often recurved. Corolla-tube 5-6 mm long, glabrous; lobes 3, each up to 5 x 4 mm, ovate, obtuse at apex, hairy. Stamens 3, each 1-2 mm long, inserted on the throat of the corolla-tube; anthers up to 2 mm long. Ovary 4-locular with solitary ovule in each locule; style up to 5 mm long with 4 stigmatic lobes.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
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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:
Endangered (EN)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sispara, Brahmagiri
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