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Mussaenda tomentosa
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Mussaenda tomentosa Wight ex Wall. in G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 491. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 88. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 610(430). 1921; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 136. 1988; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 238. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 180. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 153. 1999.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pattam
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Scandent shrubs; stem fulvous hairy. Leaves to 11 x 5 cm, ovate, acuminate, densely villous; nerves 7-9 pairs; petiole 1 cm long, hispid; stipules 8 mm long divided to the base. Cymes peduncled, congested. Flowers 3-9-together; calyx tube 6 mm long, obconical, lobes 10 mm long, linear; corolla tube 2.5 cm long, densely hairy outside, mouth with dense tuft of yellow hairs.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-February
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Olikkudy, Kumarikulam, Damsite, Walakkad
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