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Secamone emetica
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Secamone emetica (Retz.) R. Br. ex Schult. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 6: 124. 1820; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 13. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 829(583). 1923; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 198. 1999; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 197. 2002; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 453. 2002.
Periploca emetica Retz., Obs. Bot. 2: 14. 1781.
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Description:
Scandent subshrubs. Leaves 4-5.5 x 1.5 cm, linear-elliptic, apex acute, base decurrent, margins recurved, pubescent beneath, lateral nerves indistinct, subsessile. Cymes axillary, trichotomously branched; peduncles 0.5 cm; calyx lobes 0.5 mm, ovate, ciliate; corolla lobes twisted either to the left or right, 2 x 1 mm, oblong, ovate or acute at apex; corona staminal, of 5 scales; ovary 0.7 mm. Follicles paired, 7.5 x 0.8 cm, blunt at base and tapering at apex.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
May-November
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Scrub jungles and dry deciduous 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):
Yellow
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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:
400-1500
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Localities:
Alampetty, Churullipetty, Chinnar, Keerapady, Kompa
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