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Meyenia hawtayneana
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Meyenia hawtayneana (Wall.) Nees in Wall., Pl. Asiat. Rar. 3: 78. 1832; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1009(708). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 233. 2002.
Thunbergia hawtayneana Wall., Tent. Fl. Nap. 49. 1826 & Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 52. t. 164. 1831; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 391. 1884.
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Description:
Climbers, branchlets tetragonous. Leaves 6-9 x 3-4.5 cm, ovate, apex acuminate, base cordate, 3-5 ribbed; pedicles to 1.5 cm. Flowers solitary, axillary; bracteoles ca 1.5 x 0.5 cm; calyx to 2.5 cm, obscurely 5-lobed; corolla 5 x 4 cm across, violet, lobes ovate, to 1 cm, villous below the stamen; stamens 4, in pairs, included, filaments to 1.8 cm; ovary ca 3 x 2 mm, conical, cell 2-ovuled, style to 3 cm, stigma bilamellate, incurved. Capsule to 3 x 1.5 cm, globose, beaked; seeds 4, ca 4 mm across, orbicular.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
India and Sri Lanka
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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, Pink
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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:
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Localities:
Vengoli
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