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Pergularia daemia
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Pergularia daemia (Forssk.) Chiov., Result. Sci. Misc. Stefan. Paoli Somal. Ital. 1: 16. 1916; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 168. 1982; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 291. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 226. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 251. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 197. 1999; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 251. 2006; Goyder, Kew Bull. 61: 249. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 533. 2009.
Asclepias daemia Forssk., Fl. Aeg.-Arab. 51. 1775.
Daemia extensa (Jacq.) R. Br. in Ait.f., Hort. Kew (ed. 2) 2: 76. 1811; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 20. 1833.
Cynanchum extensum Jacq., Misc. 2: 353. 1781.
Pergularia extensa (Jacq.) N. E. Br. in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4: 758. 1908; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 837(588). 1923.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Velipparuthi
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Description:
Pubescent twiner. Leaves to 10 x 8 cm, ovate, caudate-acuminate, base deeply cordate; nerves 4-5 pairs; petiole to 6 cm long. Flowers creamy, 1.5 cm across, in branched cymes, peduncles to 12 cm long, pedicels to 2-3 cm long, slender; sepals short, hispid; corolla campanulate, tube villous at mouth, lobes 0.5 x 0.4 cm, ovate, acute, pubescent; outer corona 2 mm high, membranous, shallowly lobed, lobes emarginate, inner corona lobes vermiform, incurved, winged, 8 mm high. Follicle 6 x 1.5 cm, lanceolate, acuminate, covered with hooked glochidiate bristles.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-June
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District(s):
Thrissur, Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles and dry deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Paleotropics
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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, Creamy, White, Pink
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Alampetty, Kalladuthupurai, Thekkady, Attapady block-Mukkali, Mukkali forests, Walayar, Ariankavu
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