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Piper hapnium
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper hapnium Buch.-Ham. ex Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 86. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1206(844). 1925.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem warty. Leaves alternate, 6 - 12 x 3 - 6 cm, ovate, cordate at base, acute or acuminate at apex, glabrous above, puberulous along the nerves beneath; basally 5 - 7 nerved; petiole to 3 cm long; leaves of flowering shoots small and oblique at base. Flowers unisexual, in erect cylindrical spikes, yellow; peduncle to 1.5 cm long. Male spikes longer than female. Stamens 2. Ovary globose; stigmas 3-5. Fruiting spikes 4 - 6 cm long.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Ernakulam
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous 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):
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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