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Podranea ricasoliana
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Family:
BIGNONIACEAE
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Citation: Podranea ricasoliana Sprague in Dyer, Fl. Cap. 4: 450. 1904.
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Port St. John's Creeper
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Description:
Woody straggler. Leaves decussate, odd-pinnate; petiole to 7 cm; leaflets 5-9, opposite, elliptic-ovate, acute, to 7 x 3 cm, distantly serrate; petiolule to 8 mm. Panicles terminal, showy, to 15 cm wide. Calyx inflated, 2.5 x 1 cm, loosely enclosing the corolla, greenish, 5-lobed. Corolla pinkish, funnel-shaped, to 6 cm wide, red-veined; tube 5 cm, narrow; limb of 5 spreading rounded lobes. Stamens 4, didynamous; filament pairs 1.5 and 1.8 cm; anthers divergent. Ovary 2-celled; ovules numerous, on axile placentae; style 3 cm; stigmatic lobes 2, flattened.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-June
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
Central America and South Africa
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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):
Violet, Rose
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Dicotyledonous Plants
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Exotic:
Yes
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Garden:
Yes
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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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