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Ophiorrhiza shendurunii
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Ophiorrhiza shendurunii Shanavas, Santhosh & Pushpangadan, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 95: 317. 1998.
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Description:
Undershrubs; stem erect, branched, terete and glabrous; internodes 7-10 cm long. Leaves opposite, 8-12 x 3-5 cm, ovate to elliptic lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, acuminate at the apex, attenuate at the base, with lateral nerves up to 10 pairs; petioles 1-3 cm long, glabrous; stipules interpetiolar, to ca 2 cm long, linear, broadened at the base and entire; inflorescence terminal corymbose of helicoids cymes; peduncles pubescent; pedicels 0.1-0.2 cm long, pubescent; bracts and bracteoles many, linear, glabrous. Calyx tube terete, pubescent, lobes 5, triangular, glabrous. Corolla white, tube 1.1-1.5 cm. long, funnel shaped, ribbed, on the outside along the middle of the petals, and ribs hairy, glabrous at the base, hairy below the middle, and then papillate upwards within, distinctly veined; lobes 5, ca 0.3 x 0.2 cm. Stamens 5, inserted on the corolla tube above the base; anthers oblong, glabrous, basifixed, introrse, and longitudinally dehiscent. Disc epigynous, glandular, of 2 large lobes. Ovary 2-loculed, ovules many on basal ascending placenta; style filiform, glabrous; stigma 2-lobed with linear-lanceolate lobes. Capsules 0.4-0.5 x 0.7-0.8 cm, obovoid, compressed, pilose; seeds minute, angled, reticulate
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Kollam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats (Kerala)
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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:
Kerala
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IUCN status:
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