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Polygala telephioides
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Family:
POLYGALACEAE
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Citation: Polygala telephioides Willd., Sp. Pl. 3: 876. 1802; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 1: 205. 1872; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 59(42). 1915; R.N. Banerjee in B.D. Sharma & N.P. Balakr., Fl. India 2: 485. 1993; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 65. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 18. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 79. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 62. 2005; R.N. Banerjee & N.P. Balakr. in P. Daniel, Fl. Kerala 1: 303. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 128. 2009.
Polygala brachystachya DC., Prodr. 1: 326. 1824, non Blume 1825.
Polygala chinensis sensu Adema, Blumea 14: 269. 1966, non L. 1753.
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Description:
Diffuse herbs. Leaves 15-20 x 5 mm, elliptic or lanceolate, apex obtusely acuminate, base cuneate, petiole ca. 6 mm. Flowers ca 3 mm across in axillary or leaf opposed racemes, blue, outer sepals ca 1.5 mm long, linear-lanceolate, ciliate, inner sepals ca. 2 mm long, elliptic, glabrescent; wing petals 1.5 mm, obovate, keel petals ca 3 mm; filaments variously connate middle two free; ovary ca 1 mm, ciliate, style curved at the middle, apex broad, stigma knob like. Capsule ca 2.5 x 2 mm, suborbicular, covered with wing sepals; seeds 2, villous, caruncle 3-lobed.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Pathanamthitta, Thiruvananthapuram, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Deciduous 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):
Blue, Green
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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:
500-700
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Localities:
Karimalagopuram, Vallicode, Kottur R.F., Bonaccord
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