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Mitrasacme indica
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Family:
LOGANIACEAE
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Citation: Mitrasacme indica Wight, Ic. t. 1601. 1850; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 442. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 295. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 430. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 198. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 323. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 446. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 541. 2009.
Mitrasacme alsinoides auct. non R. Br. 1810; Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 80. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 864(607). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 173. 1982.
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Description:
Glabrous herbs to 7 cm tall. Leaves 5-10 x 1-2 mm, linear-lanceolate, base and apex acute, subsessile; petiole faintly sheathing at base. Flowers white, solitary or 2-3 clustered in the axils; pedicels filiform to 1 cm long. Calyx tube 1 mm long; lobes 4, as long as the tube. Corolla to 2 mm long, campanulate, villous within the throat. Stamens 4, included; anthers oblong. Ovary subglobose; style 2, connate above. Capsule c. 2 mm across, subglobose. Seeds reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-October
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District(s):
Palakkad, Alappuzha, Kozhikkode, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia and East Asia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
White
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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:
Peechi, Thunakkadavu, Chittar, Thottappally
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