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Strobilanthes urceolaris
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Family:
ACANTHACEAE
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Citation: Strobilanthes urceolaris Gamble, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1923: 374. 1923 & Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1038(727). 1924; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 308. 1998; Venu in Daniel & Sanjappa (eds.), Fl. India ser. 4, Strobilanthes 184. 2006; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 633. 2009.
Nilgirianthus urceolaris (Gamble) Bremek., Verh. Acad. Wet. afd. Natuurk. Sect. 2, 41: 173. 1944; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 346. 1988; Mohanan & Sivad., Fl. Agasthyamala 513. 2002.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Panjikkurinji
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Shrubs; branchlets densely hirtus. Leaves to 9 x 5 cm, ovate, acute at either ends, densely scabrous, crenate, nerves 7-8 pairs; petiole 3 cm long. Spikes 1.5-2 cm long, ovoid, 5-8-together on short lateral branches; bracts 8 x 4 mm, obovate, densely hirtus; bracteoles linear, hirtus. Flowers few; calyx lobes 9 mm long, linear, united above the base, densely hairy; corolla 17 mm long, glabrous, blue or white; filaments paired, united into two sheaths; style hairy. Capsule 10 mm long, glabrous; seeds 4 x 3 mm, oblong, brown.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-May
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District(s):
Idukki, Wayanad, Kannur, Thiruvananthapuram, Kottayam
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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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):
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:
800-1000
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Vellimala, Teerthundamala, Chandanathode, Periya, Chemungi
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