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Pelargonium graveolens
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Family:
GERANIACEAE
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Citation: Pelargonium graveolens L'Hér., Geraniologia pl. 17. 1792; N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 523. 2005.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Rose Geranium
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Description:
Bushy, perennial, aromatic subshrubs to 1 m; branchlets swollen at nodes, soft-pubescent. Leaves alternate, cordate-ovate in outline, to 6 x 7 cm, 5-7 lobed; lobes digitate, margin dentate; petiole to 3 cm; stipules auriculate-acute, 1 cm. Umbels 4-9 flowered on axillary peduncles, to 7 cm, subtended by an involucre of foliaceous, elliptic-acute bracts, 1 x 0.5 cm; pedicel 1 cm. Sepals 5, elliptic-ovate, 1 x 0.4 cm, hirsute. Petals 5, obovate, 2 x 0.6 cm, pink with deeper veins. Stamens 10. Ovary densely hairy, 5-lobed and 5-celled; ovule(s) 1 or 2 per cell. Schizocarp to 4 cm; mericarps 5.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
September-May
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of South Africa
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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):
Purple, Pink
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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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