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Pouzolzia wightii var. nilghirensis
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Pouzolzia wightii Bennett var. nilghirensis (Wight) Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 584. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1383(967). 1928; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 765. 1990; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 654. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 293. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 305. 2002.
Pouzolzia nilghirensis Wight, Ic. t. 2097. 1863.
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Description:
Subshrubs, branchlets and leaves pubescent. Leaves to 5 x 3 cm, broadly ovate, lanceolate, apex acute, base truncate to cordate, pubescent below, reduced to bracts towards the apex, subsessile. Flowers in axillary clusters, transferred to terminal spikes; male flowers-tepals 4, incurved at the middle, 2.5 mm, obovate, mucronate, pilose above; stamens 5, filaments 2 mm, anthers oblong.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-December
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Malappuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kathitheetimala, Karimala, Karuvarakundu
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