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Oldenlandia ovatifolia
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Oldenlandia ovatifolia (Cav.) DC., Prodr. 4: 427. 1830; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 436. 2009.
Hedyotis ovatifolia Cav., Ic. 6: 52. 1801; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 230. 1994; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 19. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 221. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 150. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 328. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 150. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 318. 2002; Dutta & Deb, Taxonomic Revision Hedyotis 112. 2004.
Gonotheca ovatifolia (Cav.) Sant. & Wagh, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 5: 107. 1964.
Oldenlandia nudicaulis Roth, Nov. Pl. Sp. 95. 1821; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 3: 70. 1880; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 602(425). 1921.
Hedyotis nudicaulis (Roth) Wight & Arn., Prodr. 416. 1834.
Thecagonum ovatifolium (Cav.) Babu, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 11: 214. 1971.
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Description:
Annual small slender herbs, stem 4-angled. Leaves ovate or ovate-oblong, acute, base obtuse, minutely hispid, to 5 x 2.5 cm; lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, petiole to 0.5 cm long; upper leaves sessile and fascicled. Peduncles terminal, 2 or 3, slender, dichotomously branched, to 7 cm long, pedicels slender, 1 cm long. Calyx lobes indistinct. Corolla white, with a ring of hairs at mouth, 1 mm long. Fruit subglobose, 2.5 x 3 mm.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-September
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District(s):
Palakkad, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
400-750
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Localities:
Peechi, Rosemala, Anappadi, Nedumkayam, Meenmutty
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