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Strobilanthes foliosus
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes foliosus (Wight) Anders., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 9: 467. 1867; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 433. 1884; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1035(726). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 305. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 99. 2006.
Endopogon foliosus Wight, Ic. t. 1501. 1849.
Nilgirianthus foliosus (Wight) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 173. 1944; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 208. 1988; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 356. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 349. 1994; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 116. 2000; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 512. 2002.
Endopogon capitatus Wight, Ic. t. 1499. 1849.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kallukurinji, Vettilakurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets terete, glabrous, stout, reddish. Leaves 4-7 x 1.5-3 cm, elliptic, acute at either ends, coriaceous, whitish below, serrate; petiole 1-2 cm long. Spikes 3-4 cm long, lanceolate, axillary and terminal; basal bracts 4, in two opposite pairs, 3 x 1 cm; floral bracts 2 x 0.6 cm, lanceolate, glabrous; bracteoles 17 x 3 mm, linear. Flowers few; calyx 17 mm long, lanceolate, glabrous; corolla 4.5 mm long, glabrous, blue, tube cylindrical at lower part; filaments united, hairy. Capsule 15 mm long; seeds 8 x 7 mm, yellowish, glabrous.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
October-December
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Peninsular India
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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):
Blue
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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:
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Altitude:
-2000
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Localities:
Sunderamala, Aruvanpara, Kunthipuzha dam site area, Ponmudi, Olichuchattam, Pongalapara, Agasthymala peak
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