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Polycarpaea corymbosa
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Family:
CARYOPHYLLACEAE
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Citation: Polycarpaea corymbosa (L.) Lam., Tabl. Encycl. 2: 129. 1792; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 245. 1874; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 65(46). 1915; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 38. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 76. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 67. 1985; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 52. 1988; N. C. Majumdar in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 549. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 67. 1994; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 37. 1990; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 16. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 49. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 26. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 19. 2002; P. Daniel in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 313. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 101. 2009.
Achyranthes corymbosa L., Sp. Pl. 205. 1753.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Achaaramkolli, Akkaramkolli
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Description:
Erect annual herbs with long tap root, densely tomentose to glabrescent. Leaves pseudoverticillate, 5-18 x 1-3 mm, linear to linear-oblong or linear-lanceolate, apex apiculate; stipules 2-4 mm long, lanceolate, fimbriate, scarious. Flowers in deanse, terminal dichasial cymes, arranged in corymbs; pedicels c. 3 mm long; bracts white, ovate, acute. Sepals 5, 3-5 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, scarious-margined, silvery-white. Petals 5, c. 1 mm long, ovate-suborbicular, obtuse, reddish, persistent. Stamens 5; filaments c. 1 mm long. Ovary ovoid, 1-loculed; ovules many on free-central placenta. Capsules c. 2 mm long, ovoid, 3-valved. Seeds many, reniform, light brown.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-December
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
In the plains and deciduous forests
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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, Red
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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:
Peechi, Vazhani, Chinnar, Ezhimala, Marayur, Vengoli, Cannanore, Manjeswar, Ambalapuzha
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