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Pedalium murex
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Family:
PEDALIACEAE
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Citation: Pedalium murex L., Syst. Nat. (ed.10) 1123. 1759; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 386. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1001(704). 1924; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 212. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 296. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 271. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 328. 1988; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 561. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 337. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 339. 1994; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 527. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 603. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Aananjerinjil, Aanayiruthimullu, Kakkamullu, Kattunjerinjil
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Bara Gokhru
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Description:
A diffuse annual, much branched, spreading, succulent, glandular, up to 60 cm tall. Roots similar to turmeric in colour. Leaves simple, opposite, ovate or oblong-obovate, 1-4.5 cm long, 0.5-3 cm broad, truncate or obtuse, irregularly and coarsely crenate-serrate, glabrous above, minutely scaly below, petiole-l-4 cm. Flowers 1.5-2 cm across; pedicel 1-2 mm long, increasing up to 4 mm in fruit. Calyx c.2 mm long; teeth linear, scaly outside, persistent. Petals connate into a broad tube, 1-3 cm long; lobes obtuse. Stamens included, 0.5-1 cm long; filaments dilated, glandular hairy at the base; anthers kidney shaped. Fruit indehiscent, abruptly narrowed at the base and with a patent spreading spine at each basal corner of the broader part, 1-1.8 cm long, 0.5-1 cm broad, spine 2-4 mm long. Seeds 2 or 1 per locule, oblong.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Wastelands
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Distribution:
Tropical Africa, Sri Lanka, India and Pakistan
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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):
Yellow
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Weed:
Yes
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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:
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Localities:
Cannanore, Bekal, Walayar, Kasaragod, Ambalapuzha
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