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Nothopegia heyneana
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Family:
ANACARDIACEAE
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Citation: Nothopegia heyneana (Hook. f.) Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 265(189). 1918; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 119. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 83. 1998; D. Chandra & S.K. Mukh. in N.P. Singh et al., Fl. India 5: 476. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 80. 2002; V. Chandra. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 812. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 255. 2009.
Nothopegia colebrookeana (Wight) Blume var. heyneana Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 40. 1876.
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Description:
Shrubs, branchlets slender. Leaves 6-9 x 2-3 cm, oblong, acute at both ends, brown on drying; petiole ca 5 mm long. Raceme to 1 cm long, axillary. Flowers 5-6 mm across; sepals 4, triangular, glabrous; petals 4 x 1.5 mm, oblong, acute, glabrous; stamens 4, filaments 1 mm long, erect; ovary conical; stigma capitate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-June
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous forests
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Distribution:
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):
Creamy
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Near Threatened (NT)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Vallakkadavu, Karimala, on way to Brahmagiri, Pooyamkutty
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