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Quisqualis malabarica
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Family:
COMBRETACEAE
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Citation: Quisqualis malabarica Bedd., Ic. t. 155. 1868-1874; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 2: 460. 1878; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 469(332). 1919; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 174. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 158. 1989; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 182. 1994; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 118. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 257. 1997; Gangop. & Chakrab., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 21: 332. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 134. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 211. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 350. 2009.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Sandhyarani
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs. Leaves alternate or opposite, to 14 x 5 cm, oblong, acuminate at apex; nerves 8 pairs, looping below the margins, domatia hairy; petiole 5 mm long. Flowers in terminal cymes. Calyx tube 15 mm long, produced above the ovary, narrow, hispid outside, lobes 5, 3 x 1 mm. Petals 12 x 3 mm, oblong, reddish. Stamens 10, filaments short. Ovary 1-celled, ribbed, pubescent; ovules 3-4, pendulous; style adnate to the calyx tube. Fruit 5-winged.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
February-April
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District(s):
Kottayam, Wayanad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Thiruvananthapuram, Kannur, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
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):
Pink, Rose
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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:
-900
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Localities:
Rosemala, Koruthode, Nilakkal, Ponmudi, Tambracherri, Thalichola
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