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Piper galeatum
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper galeatum Cas. in DC., Prodr. 16: 242. 1869; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 80. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1205(843). 1925; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 397. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 384. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 306. 1995; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 338. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 263. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 555. 2002.
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Description:
Stout climbing shrubs, glabrous. Leaves 10-16 x 3-6 cm, elliptic, acuminate, acute at base, 5-ribbed; petiole 1-1.5 cm long. Spike to 9 cm long, leaf-opposed, drooping, slender, male spike longer and slender; peduncle 1 cm long, reddish, glabrous; bracts formed into a fleshy globose cup. Flowers distant; stamens 2. Berry 8 x 8 mm, globose, smooth, yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Semi-evergreen and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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, Yellow
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
-1100
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Localities:
Sivaloda, Uppupara, Kanthalppara, Kariamchola, Karimala, Valiyaparathode, Ponmudi, Portland, Athirumala
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