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Neanotis hohenackeri
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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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.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-October
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District(s):
Kasaragode, Kozhikkode, Malappuram, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Laterite hillock in the plains
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Distribution:
India
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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):
Pink
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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:
Bekal, Taliparamba
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