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Symphorema involucratum
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Family:
SYMPHOREMATACEAE
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Citation: Symphorema involucratum Roxb., Pl. Corom. t.186. 1798; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 559. 1885; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1104(773). 1924; Ramach. et al., Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 5: 141. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 358. 1988; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 357. 1996; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 314. 1998; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 243. 2002.
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Description:
Woody climbers, stem with warty tubercles, branchlets yellow-tomentose. Leaves 6-10 x 4-6 cm, elliptic or oblong, apex acute to acuminate, base rounded, inequilateral, entire or serrate, lateral nerves 5-7 pairs, reticulate. Flowers 6 or 7, in peduncled capitate cymes; peduncle 2.5 cm long; involucral bracts 6, 7 x 2 mm, elliptic-oblong, enlarged in fruit; calyx 6 mm long, campanulate, 4-8 lobed, tomentose; corolla 6 mm long, white, campanulate, 6-8 lobed, sparsely hairy; stamens 6-8; ovary 2 or imperfectly 4-celled. Fruit 1-seeded. enclosed by the calyx.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
March-April
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District(s):
Palakkad, Idukki, Thrissur, Kannur
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-evergreen forests
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Distribution:
Indo-Malesia
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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):
White
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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:
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Peechi, Palapally, Koruthode, Kuchimudi, Panoth
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