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Toxocarpus kleinii
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Family:
ASCLEPIADACEAE
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Citation: Toxocarpus kleinii Wight & Arn. in Wight, Contrib. 61.1834; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 4:14.1883; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 830(584). 1923; Ansari, Fl. Kasaragod Div. 233. 1985; Vajr., Fl. Palghat Dist. 292. 1990; Sunil & Sivadasan, Fl. Alappuzha Dist. 442. 2009.
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Description:
Twiner; branchlets puberulous. Leaves decussate, elliptic to obovate, to 8 x 4 cm, subcoriaceous, puberulous below, base obtuse, apex short-acuminate; petiole to 1.5 cm. Cymes dichasial, lax; peduncle to 3 cm, puberulous; bracts lanceolate, 3 mm; pedicel 0.5 cm. Calyx-lobes 5, ovate, 4 mm, rusty puberulous without. Corolla broad-campanulate, cream, 1 cm wide; lobes 5, oblong, 1 cm, recurved, overlapping to left in bud. Corona 1, of 5 erect, dorsally flattened segments attached to staminal column. Stamens 5; connective produced above; pollen masses 2 per cell, ascending. Style apex elongate, longer than staminal column. Follicles paired, elongate, fusiform, 15 x 1 cm; seeds oblong, 1.5 x 0.6 cm; coma silky.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
July
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District(s):
Alappuzha, Kasaragode, Palakkad, Thrissur
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Moist deciduous forests and sacred groves
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Distribution:
Peninsular India and Sri Lanka
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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):
Creamy
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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:
Mukkola, Karimbam, Dhoni R. F., Vallikkunnam
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