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Taxillus heyneanus
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Family:
LORANTHACEAE
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Citation: Taxillus heyneanus (Schult.) Danser, Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. ser. 3, 10: 355. 1929.
Loranthus heyneanus Schult. in Roem. & Schult., Syst. Veg. 7: 106. 1829.
Loranthus bracteatus Heyne ex Wall. in Roxb., Fl. Ind. 2: 220. 1824, non Rich. 1792; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 213. 1886; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1252(876). 1925.
Taxillus bracteatus (Heyne ex Wall.) Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France 42: 256. 1895; Sasidh., Fl. Chinnar WLS 274. 1999.
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Description:
Herbs, branchlets tawny pubescent. Leaves alternate, to 2-4 x 1.5-3 cm, obovate, orbicular, apex obtuse, base cuneate, pubescent; petiole 1 cm. Cymes axillary; peduncles to 0.5 cm; bracts 1 x 0.5 cm, oblanceolate; pubescent; pedicels 2 mm; calyx 2 mm, very white pilose, margins obscurely toothed; corolla split on one side to half, dilated at middle, tube to 2 cm, tomentose, lobes 5, 6 mm, oblong; filaments 3 mm; ovary 2 mm, oblong, style 2.5 cm, stigma globose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
April-June
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District(s):
Idukki
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Dry deciduous 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:
Yes
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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:
Peninsular India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Kombakkayam
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