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Sonerila devicolamensis
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Family:
MELASTOMATACEAE
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Citation: Sonerila devicolamensis Nayar, Journ. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 71: 632. 1974.
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Description:
Suberect herbs; stem in the lower portions subangular, rooting at the nodes, upper portions terete, reddish, conspicuous with leaf scars, thick and fleshy. Leaves opposite, 3-6 x 1.5-3 cm, ovate or ovate-elliptic, base obtuse or narrowly cuneate, apex acute, leaf margin from base to apex conspicuously serrate, upper and lower surfaces glabrous, 5-nerved, nerves arising from the apex of the petiole, transverse venules absent; petiole 1-2.5 cm long, thick and reddish. Inflorescence terminal or axillary, 4-8 cm long, glabrous, reddish, pedicel 4-8 mm long. Calyx tube campanulate, 7-10 mm long, glabrous, reddish; limb 3-lobed, lobes triangular, 2.5-3 mm long. Petals 3, ovate-elliptic, 1.3-1.5 x 1-1.2 cm, apex apiculate, pink. Stamens 3, filament 6-7 mm long, anthers 5.5-6 mm long, base cordate, connective, inappendiculate. Style filiform, 1.2-1.3 cm long, glabrous, stigma punctiform. Capsule obconical 1-1.5 cm long, glabrous; pedicel 1-1.3 cm long; seeds cuneate, 1 mm long, numerous.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
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District(s):
Thiruvananthapuram
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Grasslands
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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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):
Pink
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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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
Vulnerable (VU)
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Devicolam
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