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Procris crenata
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Family:
URTICACEAE
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Citation: Procris crenata Robins., Philipp. J. Sci. 5: 507. 1911; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 26. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 422. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 388. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 294. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 306. 2002; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 763. 2009.
Procris wightiana Wall. ex Wedd., Monogr. Urtic. 336. 1856; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1378(963). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 385. 1984; Muktesh, Epiphytic Fl. Western Ghats 70. 1998.
Procris laevigata sensu Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 575. 1888, non Blume 1825-1826.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Parampu, Tambu
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Succulent herbs, usually epiphytic, stem erect or scandent. Leaves simple, alternate, 8 x 2.5 cm, elliptic-lanceolate, crenate, penninerved, cystolith linear; petiole 3 mm long; lower part of the stem with small orbicular nanophylls. Flowers monoecious, in axils of leaf scars; male flowers in small cymes; female flowers in peduncled receptacle; male perianth lobes 5, free, fleshy; female perianth lobes 3-5, free, fleshy, cucullate; stamens 5; ovary 1-celled, ovoid; ovule 1, basal; stigma sessile, globose. Achenes 1 mm long, ovoid, apiculate, rugose.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-January
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District(s):
Palakkad, Wayanad, Kollam, Idukki, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Shola and evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia and Africa
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Aquatic:
No
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Epiphyte(s):
Yes
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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):
Green, White, 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:
-1500
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Localities:
Sholayar, Olikkudy, Mangaladevi, Karimala
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