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Rhynchotechum permolle
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Family:
GESNERIACEAE
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Citation: Rhynchotechum permolle (Nees) Burtt, Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinb. 24: 39. 1962; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 293. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 201. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 326. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 333. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 338. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 258. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 23,31. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 331. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 229. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 289. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 222. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 497. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 370. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 598. 2009.
Isanthera permollis Nees, Trans. Linn. Soc. London 17: 82. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 372. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 992(697). 1924.
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Description:
Subshrubs, to 50 cm high, densely golden-brown tomentose. Leaves simple, alternate, to 30 x 11 cm, oblanceolate, acute, attenuate at base, serrulate; nerves 17-20 pairs, regular. Flowers in axillary cymes, densely packed, shortly pedicelled; bracts ovate. Calyx 5-partite, lobes 7 mm long, lanceolate. Corolla white ca 12 mm across, tube short, lobes rotate, obovate, glabrous. Stamens 4, equal, adnate to the base of the corolla; filaments short, arcuate; anthers 1-celled. Ovary ovoid; ovules many; style stout, stigma capitate. Berry globose, 6 mm across, white; seeds numerous very small, ellipsoid.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen 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:
1000-1400
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Localities:
Sholayar, Kallar, Rockwood, Mlappara, Pezha, Silent Valley R. F., Damsite, Angamoozhy, Arampa, Chandanathode, Boneccord, Ariankavu, Teppakulam, Athirumala
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