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Oldenlandia herbacea
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Oldenlandia herbacea (L.) Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 495. 1820; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 601(424). 1921; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 240. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 435. 2009.
Hedyotis herbacea L., Sp. Pl. 102. 1753; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 141. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 209. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 192. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 132. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 217. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 193. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 332. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 229. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 169. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 12, 33; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 221. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 150. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 326. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 174. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 150. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 316. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 120. 2004; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 252. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 352. 2009.
Oldenlandia heynei R. Br. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 531. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 65. 1880.
Hedyotis heynei R. Br. ex Wight & Arn., Prodr. 416. 1834.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Monganampullu, Nonganampullu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Much branched, erect herbs; stem 4-angled, narrowly winged along angles. Leaves simple, opposite, sessile, 1.5-3 x 0.1-0.3 cm, linear-lanceolate, acute at apex, glabrous; stipules short, 3-4-setose on margins. Flowers solitary or 2-nate, axillary; peduncles filiform, 0.5-1 cm long. Calyx tube turbinate, to 2 mm, funnel-shaped; lobes triangular-subulate. Corolla white, 1-1.5 mm long, wider on mouth; lobes 5, minute. Stamens 4, included, subsessile. Stigma 2-fid. Capsule c. 2.5 mm across, subglobose, didymous, loculicidal; seeds minute, trigonous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grasslands and moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa and Asia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
300-1000
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Localities:
Karimala Hills, Ponmudi, Wadakkanchery, Kattalappara, Thannikkudy, Alampetty, Vengoli, Thellikkal, Ezhimala, Damsite, Tiruvalla, Adoor, Manantody, Chandanathode, Tellicherry, Bekal, Parappa, Taliparamba, Aruvampara, Anmooly slopes, Dhoni R. F., Nemmara,
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