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Pentas lanceolata
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Family:
RUBIACEAE
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Citation: Pentas lanceolata (Forssk.) Deflers, Voyage on Yemen, 142. 1889; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 143. 1982; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 369. 2009.
Ophiorrhiza lanceolata Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 42. 1775.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Pentas
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Pentas, Star flower, Star cluster
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Description:
Trees, stem glabrous, stout. Leaves to 13 x 6 cm, elliptic, acuminate at apex, coriaceous; nerves 3-4 pairs, oblique, domatia glandular; petiole to 1 cm long; stipule broadly ovate, cuspidate, scaly inside. Peduncles 2.5 cm long, solitary. Flowers many; pedicels 1.5-2 cm long. Drupe 3 x 1.7 cm, obovoid, glabrous; seeds rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Native of Tropical 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):
Red, Pink, 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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