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Mollugo pentaphylla
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Family:
MOLLUGINACEAE
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Citation: Mollugo pentaphylla L., Sp. Pl. 89. 1753; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 127. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 199. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 183. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 205. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 183. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 308. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 221. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 213. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 157. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 209. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 139. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 307. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 161. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 141. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 140. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 296. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 241. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 333. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 402. 2009.
Mollugo stricta sensu Clarke in Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 663. 1879 p.p., non L. 1762.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Parpadakapullu
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Description:
Decumbent to ascending glabrous herbs, branching at base from a tap root, annual or, perennial. Leaves (often described a opposite or whorled) in alternate fascicles of 2-4, unequal, 1.5-3.5 x 0.6-1.2 cm, spathulate with rounded apices, to narrowly elliptic or lanceolate, acute, very shortly petiolate. Pedunculate cymes from the leaf fascicles or apparently just below them, at upper or terminal nodes, once to repeatedly branching, forming a paniculate appearance, ultimate branches pseudo-racemose. Sepals 5, orbiculate or oval, thin, green with white scarious margins, strongly imbricate, somewhat accrescent in fruit, closely enclosing capsule. Stamens 3-5, shorter than sepals. Ovary trilocular; ovules many, placentaion axile. Capsules very thin-walled; globose or subglobose, locullicidal; seeds obliquely reniform, dark chestnut-brown, low-tuberculate, with a caruncle, without a linear appendage.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Open areas and along banks of streams, also in deciduous forests
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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):
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:
300-500
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Localities:
Peechi, Poringal, Kattalappara, Chinnar, Alampetty, Thannikkudy, Sabarimala, Anakuthivayal, Vengoli, Pandalam, Kalliassey, Walayar, Vandanam, Cherupuzha, Nedumkayam, Karimpuzha, Vandalodu, Kulathupuzha, Thenmalai, Peppara
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