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Piper trioicum
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Family:
PIPERACEAE
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Citation: Piper trioicum Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 151. 1820; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 339. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 321. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 389. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 344. 1989; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 399. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 385. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 307. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 25.1996; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 419. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 689. 2009.
Piper attenuatum Ham. ex Miq., Syst. Piperac. 306. 1843; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 92. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1207(845). 1925.
Piper sylvestre sensu Wight, Ic. t. 1937. 1853, non Lam. 1791.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kattumulaku
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Slender climbers. Leaves broadly ovate to elliptic-ovate, 9-13 by 5-9 cm, base rounded or oblique, apex acuminate, clearly 7-nerved from base, thick-chartaceous. Male spikes slender, to 18 cm long; female spikes to 20 cm long. Berries ellipsoid, ripening yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-May
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District(s):
Kottayam, Thrissur, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Palakkad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Almost all forests, Brahmagiri, Kannoth, Taliparamba, Parappa, Devicolam, Dhoni R. F., Sappal hill-Dhoni R. F., Silent Valley R. F., Ponmudi, Parappar
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