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Pseuderanthemum malabaricum
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation:
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Malayalam Name(s):
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Subshrubs, stem terete, white, smooth. Leaves simple, opposite, 7-10 x 4 cm, elliptic, acuminate at both ends, glabrous, glaucous below, nerves 5 pairs; petiole to 2 cm long. Spike 3-8 cm long, terminal, slender; bracts and bracteoles similar, 3 mm long, linear. Flowers in interrupted clusters of 1-3, on long slender interrupted to 23 cm long spikes. Calyx 6 mm long, lobes united at base, acuminate. Corolla white with pink or purple dots on the larger lobe; tube 30 mm long, slender; lobes 10 mm long, obovate, subequal. Stamens 2, free, anthers oblong; stigma bilobed. Capsule 18 x 5 mm, clavate, basal portion solid; seeds 5 x 3 mm, compressed, reticulate.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Near streams in deciduous forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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:
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:
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Localities:
Peechi, Vellanimala, Nellimedu, Arjunankotta, Pezha, Chittar, Kannoth, Nedumpoyil, Karivara slopes, Thiruvizhamkunnu, Kasaragod, Maloth, Thenmalai
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