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Schumannianthus virgatus
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Family:
MARANTACEAE
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Citation: Schumannianthus virgatus (Roxb.) Rolfe, J. Bot. 14: 244. 1907; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1494(1043). 1928; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 409. 1984; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 381. 1985; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 315. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 471. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 502. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 475. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 382. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 27. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 464. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Shenduruny WLS 338. 1997; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 717. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 450. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 347. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 712. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 501. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 867. 2009.
Phrynium virgatum Roxb., Asiat. Res. 11: 324. 1810.
Maranta virgata (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight, Ic. t. 2015. 1853.
Clinogyne virgata (Roxb.) Benth. in Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 3: 651. 1883; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 258. 1892.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Channa, Kookkila, Malamkoova, Rakkila, Kattukuppa
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Description:
Erect herbs, to 4 m high; stem thickened at nodes. Leaves bifarious, to 40 x 18 cm, ovate-oblong, cuspidate at apex, rounded at base; petiole to 1 cm long; sheath to 20 cm long, open. Panicle to 50 cm long, branches slender, dichotomous; bracts 3-5 x 0.6 cm, lanceolate. Flowers paired in each bract. Sepals small. Corolla white, tube short; lobes oblong. Stamens 1, outer staminodes petalloid, white, to 1.5 cm long; inner staminodes smaller. Ovary densely hairy, 3-celled, solitary in each cell, basal. Berry obovoid, rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
June-March
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Kasaragode, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Thrissur, Wayanad, Kozhikkode
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen, moist deciduous and semi-evergreen forests in marshy areas
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Distribution:
South India and Sri Lanka
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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:
Monocotyledonous 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:
500-700
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Localities:
Vazhachal, Kallar, Kokkara, Pooppara, Mananthavady, Thekkuthode, Campshed area, Pathenthode, Chandanathode, Anachal - way to Vellathuval, Maloth, Nadugani ghats, Hereford, Vandalodu, Ariankavu, Koviltherimala, Attayar
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