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Piper schmidtii
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper schmidtii Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 89. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1206(844). 1925; Subram., Indian For. 96: 529. 1970; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 232. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 344. 1989.
Piper arborescens Miq., Syst. Piperac. 320. 1844 p.p.
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; stem to 1.5 cm thick. Leaves alternate, each opposed by a spike or the spike scar, ovate-elliptic, often lop-sided, upper side dark green and glossy; lower very pale to white; coriaceous; main veins usually 5 with prominent reticulation between: stalk 1-2 cm, curved. Male spikes 1 to 3 2.5- 7 cm, stalk 1-2 cm long, pendent: bracts circular with free margin. Stamens usually two, with thick filaments and anthers opening by vertical cross slits. Female spikes 5-7 cm; in fruit longer, curved more or less and even spirally twisted: bracts square or roundish with raised margin, free all round. Berries red or yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-April
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District(s):
Kottayam, Kollam, Palakkad, Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola 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):
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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:
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Localities:
Sispara
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