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Tournefortia heyneana
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Family:
BORAGINACEAE
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Citation: Tournefortia heyneana Wall. ex G. Don, Gen. Hist. 4: 369. 1837-1838; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4: 145. 1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 893(628). 1923; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 267. 1984; Manilal, Fl. Silent Valley 186. 1988; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 296. 1988; Sasidh. et al., Bot. Stud. Med. Pl. Kerala 30. 1996; Sasidh. & Sivar., Fl. Pl. Thrissur For. 304. 1996; Sivar. & Mathew, Fl. Nilambur 441. 1997; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 262. 1998; Pradeep, Fl. Vellarimala 104. 2000; Sasidh., Fl. Parambikulam WLS 204. 2002; Anil Kumar et al., Fl. Pathanamthitta 331. 2005; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 552. 2009.
Tournefortia reticosa Wight, Ic. t. 1386.1848; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:146.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 893(628). 1923.
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Description:
Scandent shrubs, branches glabrous. Leaves alternate, to 15 x 4 cm elliptic, oblong, acuminate at apex, acute to rounded at base, entire; petiole 1.5 cm long. Flowers in dichotomous scorpioid cymes, terminal, pedicelled; calyx 5-lobed, 2 mm long, ovate, acute; corolla 7 mm long, bottle-shaped, tubular, lobes 5, very short; stamens 5, included; anthers sessile, oblong; ovary 4-celled;. style terminal, bifid at apex. Drupe 4 x 3 mm, dehiscent into 2 pyrenes.
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Habit:
Shrub
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Flowering & Fruiting:
August-February
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District(s):
Palakkad, Kozhikkode, Kollam, Idukki, Pathanamthitta, Malappuram, Kannur, Thrissur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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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):
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:
Southern Western Ghats
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
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Localities:
Sholayar, Arjunankotta, Uppermanalar, Pooppara, Poochapara, Kakki hills, Teerthundamala, Thalichola, Muthappanpuzha
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