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Strychnos dalzellii var. dalzellii
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Family:
LOGANIACEAE
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Citation: Strychnos dalzellii Clarke in Hook.f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 87. 1883, var. dalzellii; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 868(610). 1923; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 288. 1988.
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Description:
Climbers with ferruginous, pubescent tendrils. Leaves simple, opposite, up to 10 x 4.5 cm, ovate, acute, rounded at base, 3-nerved. Flowers pale green, sparsely ciliate, in short and dense axillary cymes. Calyx 5 or 4-lobed. Corolla-tube and lobes about equal in length, the lobes with a line of erect hairs within; Stamens 5 or 4 adnate to the corolla-tube; ilaments short; anthers bearded at the base. Ovary and style glabrous. Berries ca. 4 cm across, crustaceous, glabrous; seeds several, discoid.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kannur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
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):
Green
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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:
Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Chandanathode
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