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Marsdenia tirunelvelica
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Marsdenia tirunelvelica Henry & Subram., Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 73: 186. ff. 1-5. 1976; Sasidh. & Swarup., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 18: 636. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 210. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998.
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Description:
Glabrous twiners. Leaves to 8 x 5 cm, elliptic, acuminate, round to subcordate at base, glaucous beneath; nerves 5-8 pairs, subprominent, nervules reticulate; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Flowers creamy, 5 x 5 mm, in short peduncled umbels; peduncles 5 mm long, stout; pedicels shorter than peduncle; sepals 2.5 x 2 mm, orbicular, obtuse, ciliate along margins; corolla tube urceolate, 4 mm long, pubescent within, lobes 2 x 1 mm, ovate, obtuse, margins ciliolate; gynostegium 3 x 2 mm; corona 1-seriate, ovate, membranous, acute, glabrous.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Idukki, Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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):
Creamy
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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:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
1200-1500
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Localities:
Pandimotta, Vellimala, Pongumala
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