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Myriophyllum oliganthum
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Family:
HALORAGACEAE
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Citation: Myriophyllum oliganthum (Wight & Arn.) F. v. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Austr. 10: 54. 1876; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 174. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 194. 1990; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 132. 1998; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 348. 2009.
Haloragis oligantha Wight & Arn., Prodr. 338. 1834.
Myriophyllum intermedium Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 433. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 454(321). 1919, non DC. 1828.
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Description:
Aquatic floating herbs, glabrous. Leaves alternate, to 15 x 1 mm, linear, flat, glabrous; lower ones pinnatisect into filiform lobes. Flowers sessile, in axillary clusters; sepals 4, 1 mm long, oblong; petals absent; stamens 4, filaments short; anthers 1 mm long, oblong; ovary 4-celled, ovules solitary in each cell, pendulous; styles 4, free, plumose. Fruit 4-partite, fruitlets 0.5 mm long, tuberculate.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Wayanad, Idukki, Palakkad, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Perennial ponds
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kumarikulam, Begur, Karapara river-Padagiri
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