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Pouzolzia cymosa
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Pouzolzia cymosa Wight, Ic. t. 1979. 1853; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1383(967). 1928.
Pouzolzia auriculata Wight var. cymosa (Wight) Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 582. 1888.
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Description:
Subshrubs to 2 m tall; tender parts pubescent. Leaves opposite, elliptic-ovate, 3-5 x 1.5-2 cm, chartaceous, mid-nerve and lateral nerves forked, making for 9 parallel ribs, appressed-pubescent above, except along the impressed nerves, pubescent below, densely so along the nerves, base rounded to sub cordate, apex acuminate; petiole to 0.5 cm. Male flowers shortly stalked, in short panicles, 4 mm across; buds rounded. Tepals 5, free, lanceolate, 2 mm, pubescent without, acute. Stamens 5; filaments 2 mm; anthers 1mm. Female flowers fewer, sub sessile, 1 mm across. Tepals connate, 2 mm, sparsely scabrous without, acute. Ovary ellipsoid, 2 mm. Achenes ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Palakkad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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