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Strychnos lenticellata
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Family:
LOGANIACEAE
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Citation: Strychnos lenticellata Hill, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1917: 159. 1917; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 868(610). 1923; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 295. 1990; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 229. 1995; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 297. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 255. 1998.
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Description:
Large climbing shrubs; tendrils 7 cm long, forked, lobes curved. Leaves to 9 x 4 cm, acute at base and apex, reddish brown when dry, 3-ribbed with a narrow sub-marginal rib; nervules raised; petiole 7 mm long, glabrous. Cymes short, axillary, 2 cm across. Flowers 5-6 together; pedicels 5-6 mm long, slender; calyx 1.5 mm long, lobes ovate, acute, glabrous; corolla 6 mm across, tube equal to the lobes; ovary glabrous, style 6 mm long. Berry 2 cm across, globose, seeds 1 or 2, flat, compressed.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-July
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District(s):
Idukki, Palakkad, Kollam, Thrissur
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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):
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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:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Aladi, Mandhampatti-Mukkali, Kulathupuzha
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