Neanotis hohenackeri (RUBIACEAE) :

Citation: Neanotis hohenackeri Daniel & Vajr., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 3: 675. 1982; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 341. 1990. Neanotis foetida (Hook.f.) Lewis, Ann. Miss. Bot. Gard. 53: 38. 1966; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 143. 1982; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 199. 1985. Hedyotis foetida Dalz. in Hook.'s J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 134. 1850, non (G. Forst.) Spreng. 1815. Anotis foetida (Dalz.) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 74. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 605(427). 1921.

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Description: Diffuse annual herbs, to 15 cm high; bracnches slender, more or lees 4-angled. Leaves opposite, to 3 x 0.5 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute, margins recurved, scabrescent; sessile. Flowers in axillary, peduncled, umbellate, 3-8 flowered cymes; bracts and bracteoles small. Calyx-lobes 4; persistent, teeth narroely triangular, acute, 1 mmm long. Corolla white or blue, funnel-shaped, 5 mm long; lobes 4, papillose out side. Stamens at mouth of corolla. Ovary 2-loculoar; style 2-fid. Capsule didymous, crown prominent; seeds compressed, black and with a ventral cavity, 1 mm across.

Habit: Herb

Flowering & Fruiting: August-October

District(s): Kasaragode, Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Thrissur

Medicinal:

Habitat: Laterite hillock in the plains

Distribution: India

Aquatic: No

Epiphyte(s): No

Saprophyte: No

Stem parasite: No

Root parasite: No

Flower colour(s): Pink

Weed: No

Monocot/Dicot: Dicotyledonous Plants

Exotic: No

Garden: No

Edible: No

Vegetable: No

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Localities: Bekal, Taliparamba