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Rivea ornata
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Family:
CONVOLVULACEAE
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Citation: Rivea ornata (Roxb.) Choisy, Convolv. Orient. 27. 1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 183. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 903(635). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 216. 1999.
Lettsomia ornata Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 85. 1824.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Musta
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Climbing shrubs; branchlets woody, white tomentose. Leaves 6 x 5.5 cm, cordiform, apex obtuse shortly apiculate, base deeply cordate, white tomentose beneath, with pits at the base of lamina; petiole to 4.5 cm, tomentose. Flowers axillary, 1-3 flowered; peduncles 1.5 cm, tomentose; bracts 2 cm, lanceolate tomentose; calyx lobes 1.8 x 0.8 cm, oblong, obtuse, densely tomentose, subequal; corolla salver shaped, lobes twisted, 6 cm long, sparsely pubescent; filaments pubescent at base; ovary 4-celled, style 4 cm, stigmas 2. Berry globose, yellow.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
December-February
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous forests
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Distribution:
South 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:
Chinnar
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