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Premna coriacea var. villosa
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Family:
VERBENACEAE
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Citation: Premna coriacea var. villosa (Clarke) A.Rajendran & P.Daniel, Bull. Bot. Surv. India 38: 43. 1996 (2001); Rajendran & Daniel, Indian Verbenaceae 228. 2002.
Premna villosa Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 573. 1885; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 643. 2009.
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Description:
Large climbers; bark pale brown, smooth. Leaves opposite, up to 17 x 12 cm, ovate, acute or shortly acuminate at apex, truncate or cordate at base, entire, membranous, hairy, villous beneath, puberulous above; petioles to 5 cm long; lateral nerves 6-8, the slightly raised beneath. Corymbs large, compound, closely pubescent, up to 10 cm in diameter. Flowers white; bracts small, narrow, bracteoles 0. Calyx small, campanulate, truncate or very slightly waved. Corolla small; tube short, often villous within. Stamens 4, didynamous, inserted below the throat of the corolla-tube, rarely exserted; anthers ovate or rounded, the cells parallel or divergent. Ovary 2 or 4-celled, 4-ovuled; style linear; stigma shortly bifid. Fruit a small drupe.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-October
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District(s):
Wayanad, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous and semi-evergreen 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):
White, Creamy
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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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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kuruva Island, Chandanathode
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