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Rotula aquatica
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Rotula aquatica Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 121. 1790; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 893(627). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 267. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 240. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 185. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 295. 1988; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 256. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 464. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 304. 1990; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 304. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 441. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 261. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 203. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 331. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 551. 2009.
Rhabdia lycioides Mart. & Zucc., Nov. Gen. Sp. 2:136.1827; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:145. 1883.
Ehretia cuneata Wight, Ic. t. 1385. 1848.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kallurvanchi
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Description:
Stout branching shrubs; branched virgate, usually pinkish, glabrous. Leaves simple, alternate or fascicled, 1-2 x 0.5 cm, oblong-oblanceolate, obtuse, sessile. Flowers solitary or in few flowered cymes axillary. Calyx 3.5 mm long 5-partite, lobes lanceolate. Corolla pink, 5 mm long, 7 mm across, campanulate, 5-lobed. Stamens 5, anthers sagitate at base. Ovary 4-celled, style filiform, stigma capitate. Drupe with 4, 1-seeded pyrenes, free, yellowish, smooth.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kottayam, Kasaragode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Rocky riverbeds
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Distribution:
Pantropical
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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:
Vazhachal, Koruthode, Kannimara, Mukkali forests, Valayam, South Walakkad, Moozhiar, Mannarappara, Aralam, Kannoth, Payyavur, Bhavani river bank, Nedumkayam
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