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Theriophonum infaustum
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Family:
ARACEAE
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Citation: Theriophonum infaustum N.E. Br., J. Linn. Soc. Bot. 18: 260. 1881; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 6: 513. 1893; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1579(1102). 1931; Manilal & Sivar., Fl. Calicut 305. 1982; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 434. 1984; Antony, Syst. Stud. Fl. Kottayam Dist. 419. 1989; Babu, Fl. Malappuram Dist. 843. 1990; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 537. 1990; M. Mohanan & Henry, Fl. Thiruvanthapuram 499. 1994; Subram., Fl. Thenmala Div. 409. 1995; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 13, 19; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 488. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 760. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 477. 1998; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 527. 2005; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 725. 2009; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 910. 2009.
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Description:
Annual herbs, corm globose, 1 cm across. Leaves few, radical, to 8 x 6 cm, ovate, hastate at base, acute at apex, lineolate; petiole to 15 cm long, slender. Spadix axillary, to 4 cm long; spathe globose below, constricted above, limb elliptic, greenish-yellow; spadix included, one third of the spathe. Male flowers many, stamens 1 or 2; anthers sessile. Female flowers few, ovary conical, 1-celled; ovules few, basal. Neuters filiform. Fruit a groups of globose, berries.
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Habit:
Herb
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July-September
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District(s):
Kottayam, Alappuzha, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Palakkad, Thiruvananthapuram, Kozhikkode, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests, also in marshy areas
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Distribution:
Southern Western Ghats
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Aquatic:
Yes
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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, Yellow
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Weed:
No
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Monocot/Dicot:
Monocotyledonous 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:
Peechi, Koruthode, Vallicode-Kottayam, Walayar, Edacode, Vadapuram, Thenmalai, Perumbalam
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