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Mollugo nudicaulis
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Family:
MOLLUGINACEAE
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Citation: Mollugo nudicaulis Lam., Encycl. 4: 234. 1797; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 664. 1879; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 126. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 199. 1984; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 307. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 213. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 158. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 141. 1999; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 332. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Ullukkumarunnu chedi
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Glabrous acaulescent herbs. Leaves forming a rosette, up to 5 x 1 cm, obovate to broadly spathulate, apex obtuse to rounded, base gradually contacted to a rather short (5-15 mm) petiole, veins rather obscure. Cymes scapose, several, to 15-20 cm long, di- or trichotomously branched, spreading to ascending; terminal flower in each ramification pedicellate, ultimate branches tending to have several second flowers or a single pedicellata one; bracts reduced to hyaline oblong to lanceolate scales. Sepals 5, broadly ellipsoid to oblong, subequal, 2- mm long, rounded at base and apex, subgibbous at base, margins hyaline. Stamens 3-5; filament c.1.5 mm long. Ovary oblong, 3-lobed, 3-celled; stigmas 3, sessile, flat, spreading, papillose. Capsule valves 3, firm, rounded at apex; seeds black, plump, very oblique-reniform, with a slightly caruncle or thickened attachment, surface thickly tuberculate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-September
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Deciduous forest and sandy seacoasts
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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:
Chinnar, Veli, Kovalam, Kayamkulam, Thenmalai
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