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Mollugo stricta
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Family:
MOLLUGINACEAE
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Citation: Mollugo stricta L., Sp. Pl. 2: 131. 1762; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 663. 1879; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 309. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 307. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 241. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 333. 2009.
Mollugo pentaphylla sensu Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 553(390). 1919, non L. 1753.
Mollugo pentaphylla L. var. rupestris Cooke, Fl. Bombay 1: 594. 1903; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 127. 1982.
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Description:
A slender, decumbent to erect, much branched, usually annual herb upto 30 cm tall with an angular stem; roots fragrant. Leaves 1.3-3.7 cm long and 0.3-1.8 cm wide, in whorls of 2-9, linear-lanceolate to obovate, apex obtuse, acute or apiculate, narrowed at the base; petioles obscure. Flowers white, greenish, orange or pink in lax, corymbose, terminal cymes; peduncles and pedicels filiform; bracts lanceolate; calyx glabrous; sepals greenish-white, 1.5-2.5 mm long, broadly elliptic-oblong, obtuse. Fruit (capsule) subglobose, about as long as sepals, with thin walls; seeds numerous, dark reddish-brown, covered with raised points.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-December
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Laterite slopes, sandy sea coasts and riverbanks
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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:
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Localities:
Tiruvalla, Kayamkulam, Canoli, Vazhikadavu
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