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Tragia bicolor
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Family:
EUPHORBIACEAE
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Citation: Tragia bicolor Miq., Linnaea 26: 222. 1853; Hook. f., Fl. Brit. India 5: 465. 1888; Gamble, Fl. Pres. Madras 1332(932). 1925; Mohanan, Fl. Quilon Dist. 374. 1984; Ramach. & V.J. Nair, Fl. Cannanore Dist. 427. 1988; Sasidh., Fl. Periyar Tiger Reserve 381. 1998; Ravikumar & Ved, Illustr. Field Guide 100 Red Listed Med. Pl. 375. 2000; N.P.Balakr. & Chakrab., Rheedea 16: 25. 2006 & Fam. Euphorbiaceae India 181. 2007; Ratheesh Narayanan, Fl. Stud. Wayanad Dist. 755. 2009.
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Description:
Densely hispid twiners, young parts fulvous-tomentose. Leaves to 13 x 8 cm, ovate, acuminate, cordate at base, regularly serrate, densely hispid below, sparsely above; lateral nerves 5 or 6 pairs, nervules reticulate; stipule 8 mm long, lanceolate, acuminate, 1 or 2-toothed on sides, ciliate. Racemes to 7 cm long, hispid; bracts 4 x 1 mm, lanceolate, glandular-ciliate; pedicels 3 mm long, glandular-hispid. Male flowers 2.5 mm across; sepals 3, orbicular, glabrous; stamens 3, filaments free.
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Habit:
Climber
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Flowering & Fruiting:
November-December
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District(s):
Kollam, Idukki, Kannur, Wayanad
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Medicinal:
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Habitat:
Evergreen forests
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Distribution:
South 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:
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:
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:
South India
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IUCN status:
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Altitude:
800-1800
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Localities:
Uppermanalar, Kottamala, Chandanathode, Kannavam
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