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Passiflora subpeltata
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Family:
PASSIFLORACEAE
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Citation: Passiflora subpeltata Ortega, Nov. Rar. Pl. Hort. Matrit. 6: 78. 1798; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 173. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 211. 1990; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 388. 2009.
Passiflora calcarata Mast., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 27: 638. 1871; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 524(370). 1919.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
White passionflower
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Description:
Glabrous climber; branchlets terete. Leaves subrotund in outline, to 10 x 13 cm, 3-lobed, chartaceous, glabrous; lobes oblong, middle one to 6 x 4 cm, laterals 5 x 3 cm; petiole to 4 cm, with 2-4 glands; stipules ovate-lanceolate, straight, 3.5 x 2 cm, entire, basally oblique; tendrils axillary, to 20 cm. Flower solitary, axillary, 3.5 x 4.5 cm; pedicel to 3.5 cm; bracts 3, foliaceous, ovate-lanceolate, 1.6 x 1.2 cm. Sepals 5, oblong-ovate, 2 x 0.8 cm, with a subapical spur 1.5 cm. Petals 5, white, oblong-lanceolate, 2.5 x 0.5 cm. Corona of an outer group of slender filaments 1 cm, and an inner one of 0.2 cm. Stamens 5, attached to the gynophore; filaments 8 mm. Ovary elliptic, on a gynophore 1.2 cm; styles 3, each 1 cm; stigma 2-lobed. Berry subglobose, to 6 x 5 cm.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-May
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Degraded forest areas
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Distribution:
Native of South America, widely naturalised in other tropical countries
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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):
Green, White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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:
Mukkali forests, Attapady block-Mukkali, Thadikundu-Anavayee
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