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Thottea duchartrei
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Family:
ARISTOLOCHIACEAE
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Citation: Thottea duchartrei Sivar., Babu & Indu, Indian J. For. 8: 265. 1985; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 415. 2005.
Thottea idukkiana Pandura. & V.J. Nair, Journ. Econ. Tax. Bot. 17: 465. 1993.
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Malayalam Name(s):
Kodassari
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Tamil name(s):
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English name(s):
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Description:
Herbs or undershrubs, branches flexuous, minutely pubescent on the younger parts, nodes swollen. Leaves alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, entire, shining green above, greyish pubescent or rufous below, 3-nerved from base, laterals exceeding the middle of the lamina; petiole 5-8 mm long. Flowers in 1-2 flowered axillary cymes; peduncles short, bracteate; buds 8 mm across, depressed globose or button like, softly pubescent all over, yellowish or purple tinted. Perianth 3-lobed, lobes as long as the tube, orbicular-acute, broader than long, 5 x 8 mm. Gynostemium 4-5 mm across, minutely glandular hairy. Stamens 9, united in 3 bundles in a ring around the stylar column, anthers extrorse, connective slightly produced. Ovary glabrescent, stylar lobes 8-10, linear. Capsules 6-10 cm long, green, glabrescent; seeds ellipsoid, trigonous, rugose.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
Throughout the year
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District(s):
Malappuram, Pathanamthitta, Thrissur, Idukki, Kozhikkode, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
Yes
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Habitat:
Evergreen and semi-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):
Violet, Yellow, Purple
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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:
Kottakkal
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