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Polygala arvensis
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Family:
POLYGALACEAE
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Citation: Polygala arvensis Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 876. 1802; R.N. Banerjee in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 460. 1993; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 14. 1988; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 18. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 47. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 28. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 62. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 18. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 61. 2005; R.N. Banerjee & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 291. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 98. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 127. 2009.
Polygala chinensis Bennett in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 204. 1872,p.p, non L. 1758; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 58(42). 1915.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kodassari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Erect or procumbent herbs. Leaves very variable, 3-4 x 2 cm, glabrous or densely pubescent. Flowers solitary or in to 2 cm long lateral racemes, yellow; keel petal crested with shortly forked or notched appendages; style curved, hooked at apex. Capsule ciliate along the margins; seeds black, elliptic-obovate, pilose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
All Districts
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in the plains
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia to Australia
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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, Pink
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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, Kattalappara, Dhoni R. F., Karimala, Damsite, Kodumon, Vallicode, Pooyamkutty, Chengannur, Vazhikadavu, Karimpuzha, Ariankavu
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