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Mollugo disticha
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Family:
MOLLUGINACEAE
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Citation: Mollugo disticha (L.) Ser. in DC., Prodr. 1: 392.1824; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2:663.1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 127. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 199. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 306. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 212. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 332. 2009.
Pharnaceum distichum L., Mant. Pl. 2: 221. 1771.
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Description:
Herbs with several main stems prostrate to ascending from a strong tap-root, branched stems angled, angles sparsely and minutely scabridulous. Leaves in whorls or pseudo-whorls of 4-6 or more, thin, to 3 cm long, lanceolate to spathulate, acute or slightly rounded at apex, contracted gradually to a slight petiole at base, margins subentire, venation pinnate but obscure. Flowers in conspicuous stiff racemoid, to 5 cm long cymes, branches frequently conspicuously zig-zag; pedicels 1-3 mm long, very slender; flower buds globose. Sepals 5, suborbicular, concave, imbricate, greenish-white with white hyaline margins, accrescent to about 4 mm, when mature and enclosing the fruit. Petals 0. Stamens 5, shorter than the sepals. Ovary trilocular, plancetation axile; ovules many, styles 3, very short. Capsule globose, thin walled, dehiscence loculicidal; seeds orbicular, bright chestnut, hilum prominent, surface glossy, tessellate-reticulate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-June
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Sandy seacoasts and riverbanks
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Distribution:
Peninsular 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):
Green, 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:
Veli, Kanichukulangara
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