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Porana volubilis
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Porana volubilis Burm.f., Fl. Ind. 51. t.21. f.1.1768; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 222. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 921(646). 1923; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 187. 1982
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
Horse-tail Creeper
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Description:
Large climbers; branches glabrous, warted. Leaves alternate, ca. 4.8 x 3.2 cm, ovate-cordate, acuminate at apex, base rounded or cordate, in size, glabrous; petiole 1.5 cm long. Panicles very large, axillary, minutely fulvous-pubescent; flowers white. Sepals in flowers 1/5 inch, oblong; in fruit all equal 1/3 inch subspathulate. Corolla 8 mm, white; limb distinctly lobed. Stamens subincluded; filaments filiform or shortly linear. Ovary 2-celled, 4-ovuled; style bipartite; stigmas small, capitate. Capsule 4 mm, globose; seed one, glabrous; cotyledons plaited.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Kozhikkode, Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grown as garden plant
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Distribution:
South East Asia to Pacific Islands
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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:
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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Altitude:
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