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Plantago erosa
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Family:
PLANTAGINACEAE
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Citation: Plantago erosa Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 1: 423. 1820; Swarup. et al., Shola For. Kerala 63. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 326. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 255. 1999; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 665. 2009.
Plantago major sensu Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 705. 1885 p.p., non L. 1753; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 224. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 38.1996.
Plantago asiatica sensu Wight, Illustr. t. 177. 1850; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1160(811). 1923, non L. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Nilachakka, Njaramboori
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Herbs, stem short or absent. Leaves radical, 7 x 5 cm, ovate, apex obtuse, base cuneate into a winged petiole, villous; petiole 5-6 cm long, sheathing at base. Flowers in elongated axillary dense spikes, bracts ovate, keeled; sepals 4, 2.5 mm long, ovate; corolla 2.5 mm long, salver-shaped, shortly lobed at apex, white; stamens 4, epipetalous, anthers versatile; ovary 1-celled; ovules 5-10; style 1, terminal, stigma linear. Capsule circumscissile, 6 x 3 mm; seeds many, oblong, black.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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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):
White
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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:
Pothumala, Vellimala, Vattavada, Sispara, Old Devicolam
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