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Phrynium pubinerve
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Family:
MARANTACEAE
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Citation: Phrynium pubinerve Blume, Enum. Pl. Jav. 38. 1827; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 409. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 394. 1989; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 338. 1997.
Phrynium capitatum Willd., Sp. Pl. 1: 17. 1797, nom. illeg.; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6:259.1892; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1495(1044). 1928; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 383. 1995.
Phrynium rheedei Suresh & Nicolson, Taxon 35: 355. 1986; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 717. 1997; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 500. 2005.
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Description:
Herbs with creeping root stock. Leaves oblong, acuminate, base rounded or obtuse, to 30 x 18 cm; petiole to 60 cm long. Spike globose, sessile on the petiole, 4-6 cm across. Inner bracts ovate-oblong, fimbriate at apex. Corolla yellow. Outer petaloid staminodes orange-red. Lip with a pendulous appendage. Ovary tomentose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-July
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and myristica swamp forests
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Distribution:
India, Sri Lanka and Malesia
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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):
White
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Arippa, Thekkuthode, Pooyamkutty, Nadugani ghats, Kulathupuzha-Rockwood Road
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